--- title: State of the Union: Gov. Nikki Haley to Give GOP Response description: This is President Obama's last State of the Union address. canonical: https://time.com/4168337/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-will-give-republican-response-to-state-of-the-union/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T21:24:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:48:13.177Z article:section: Politics og:title: Gov. 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Nikki Haley [will deliver the GOP response](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/haley-sotu-217369) to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed the news in a statement to Politico, saying “Nikki Haley is a proven leader and committed reformer who believes deeply in the promise of the country we all share.” Traditionally, the opposing party gives a rebuttal speech following the President’s State of the Union. (That job has a history of creating [bad luck for the person selected](http://time.com/3658355/state-of-the-union-curse/).) Haley is coming off a year where she was in the national spotlight for her [handling of the massacre at a church in Charleston](http://time.com/4055728/nikki-haley-charleston-harvard-award/) and the subsequent backlash [over the use of the confederate flag in her state](http://time.com/3947234/governor-haley-confederate-flag/). For its part, White House has hinted that [this year’s speech will be unorthodox](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/263685-white-house-obama-will-give-a-non-traditional-state-of-the-union). The president will deliver his last State of the Union on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. EST. **Read More:** [_The Curse of the State of the Union Response_](http://time.com/3658355/state-of-the-union-curse/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4168337/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-will-give-republican-response-to-state-of-the-union/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4168337/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-will-give-republican-response-to-state-of-the-union/"},"headline":"South Carolina Gov. 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