Democracy Dies in Darkness

Nikki Haley misleads town hall audience on Chinese land acquisitions

Analysis by
The Fact Checker
October 18, 2023 at 1:57 p.m. EDT
Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall in Boone, Iowa, on Oct. 9. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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“I saw something on the internet that said you gave China thousands of acres of land in South Carolina. Why would you do that?”

— audience member asking a question at a Haley for President town hall in Boone, Iowa, Oct. 9

“Don’t believe what you read on the internet. ... We didn’t sell any land to the Chinese. But, yes, I recruited a fiberglass company.”