Nikki Haley

[G.Subramaniam]

Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters.



“She’s a f#!king raghead,” Knotts said.



He later clarified his statement. He did not mean to use the F-word.



Knotts says he believed Haley has been set up by a network of Sikhs and was programmed to run for governor of South Carolina by outside influences in foreign countries. He claims she is hiding her religion and he wants the voters to know about it.



“We got a raghead in Washington; we don’t need one in South Carolina,” Knotts said more than once. “She’s a raghead that’s ashamed of her religion trying to hide it behind being Methodist for political reasons.”



President Obama’s father is from Africa. His mother is a white woman from Kansas.



On her website, Haley says, “Being a Christian is not about words, but about living for Christ every day.”