Haley flubs name of Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark

[cigaretteman]

Nikki Haley blew an easy layup Saturday with Iowa voters.



The 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations ambassador flubbed the name of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark during a campaign event in Coralville.


Haley, who attended Saturday’s game in Iowa City — sitting courtside with her son, Nalin, who sported an Iowa Hawkeyes shirt — seemingly mixed up Clark’s name with that of CNN news anchor Kaitlan Collins as she addressed a crowd of about 100 supporters and undecided Iowa caucusgoers before the tipoff.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley appears Saturday at an Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball game at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. She also held a campaign event in Coralville. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)



Both are household names. One is a record-breaking college women’s basketball icon with a top-five ranking, 12-1 record and nation-leading 30.5 points per game average. The other grills presidential hopefuls on live TV.


Calling herself a “basketball mom,” Haley told a small crowd at the Iowa Athletic Club sports bar and restaurant that she was “super excited to see the Lady Hawkeyes.”


“What a team they are,” Haley said. “What a great coach they have. Caitlin Collins is phenomenal.”


Haley also greeted and chatted with Republican former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who attended Saturday’s game and served with Haley in the Trump administration as U.S. ambassador to China. During half-time, Haley walked through the stands — shaking hands, hugging, high-fiving and posing for selfies with Hawkeye fans.

Haley flubs name of Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark

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[binsfeldcyhawk2]

The horror.

 

[hawkdave007]

She's been stepping on her own d**k lately.

 

[markfromj]

Nothing burger here

The slavery thing? Not good.

 

[nelly02]

I liked how CNN anchor kaitlan Collins stepped in and said " I can assure you her free throw percentage is much better than mine"

 

[CRazzle]

Nikki is dead in water.

That said this may make Caitlin Clark bigger than she already is now there's a political mention of her.

 

[sober_teacher]

Nothing burger here

The slavery thing? Not good.

It's stupid, but funny at the same time. Clark's one of the most famous women's basketball players on any level, played a final four game against South Carolina just a few months ago...Pardon the pun, but this should have been a layup.

 

[JWolf74]

If she can't even pander to the local mouth breathers, she isn't ready to run a country.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Clarke is much better looking than Collins = slight to Caitlin

 

[Tom Paris]

The horror.

She’s obviously too old to be president. Gaffe machine.

 

[Pinehawk]

Her son’s name is Nalin? Nalin Haley?

 

[MitchLL]

Give Trikki Nikki the cognitive ability test.

Camera Pardon Boeing Loser Vivek

 

[drew_hawk]

Her son’s name is Nalin? Nalin Haley?

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

Her son’s name is Nalin? Nalin Haley?

Sounds like a band.

 

[Huey Grey]

She just sealed up the Iowa State vote.

 

[SansAgain]

It's stupid, but funny at the same time. Clark's one of the most famous women's basketball players on any level, played a final four game against South Carolina just a few months ago...Pardon the pun, but this should have been a layup.

I guess you can put her in the category of people that don’t give af about women’s basketball. Big deal.

 

[sober_teacher]

I guess you can put her in the category of people that don’t give af about women’s basketball. Big deal.

Then don’t make a public appearance to try to relate to local voters without doing homework.

 

[SansAgain]

Then don’t make a public appearance to try to relate to local voters without doing homework.

She’s fake af, business as usual for her.

 

[win4jj]

Clark Griswold for president

 

[drew_hawk]

Clark Griswold for president

 

[mnole03]

Love Caitlin Basketball.

 

[Tenacious E]

Nothing burger here

The slavery thing? Not good.

I don’t disagree. But if “slow Joe” did the same thing, republicans would call for impeachment based upon alleged dementia and unfitness for office. So fire away.

 

[MitchLL]

Oh, Nimirata...I'm thinking Wizard of Oz...if only you had wished for a brain.
Worse even, she probably had CC's name written on her hand.

 

[lucas80]

She probably has dementia. She should take that mental test she is demanding older politicians take.

 

[joelbc1]

Did someone at the OB Center misspell the kids name on his birth certificate? Who the phuque names their kid “Nalin”? Is it some southern tribal name?

 

[Whinny]

Actually, Nalin is a name of Hindi origin. Nikki Haley was born in South Carolina to immigrant Sikh parents from India.

 

[Pinehawk]

That’s so Sikh.