A visit to Nikki Haley's hometown — where division 'still exists'

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Nikki Haley's tiny hometown – Bamberg, South Carolina – played a starring role in the launch of her presidential campaign.

A video released online Tuesday announcing her run for president began with images including a set of railroad tracks.

"The railroad divided the town by race," Haley narrated. "I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants - not Black, not white. I was different."

The next day, during a speech in Charleston kicking off her bid for the 2024 Republican nomination, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump said her parents taught Haley and her siblings that "even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America."

Haley paints a picture of Bamberg – and the country – as a place where race is a reality, but not a limitation.