Imperial Symbol Blender

I hadn't ever heard of Nikki Haley before the Trump administration. Based on her speeches and the media coverage of her, I assumed she is a zionist evangelicon from the south. She's from the South, and she's a politician so she's done the obligatory posing with guns and crosses thing, but her parents are actually from India, and they're Sikh.

Is her adoption of the symbols of people who live in the South genuine, or is she a calculating political opportunist? Nobody can know what's in her head and heart, so I wouldn't guess. Also, it's not uncommon for immigrants or converts to a new religion, by marriage for example, to dive in whole heartedly and adopt a new persona, so maybe she's as zealous about guns, the confederacy, and evangelical Christianity as someone with multi-generational family roots in the South. Conversely, what does it say about the long term stability of symbols like the cross or second amendment gun toting if they're merely political props?

If every symbol and religious notion becomes a kind of political currency is it possible to keep any fixed reference for categorizing people or groups? Probably not. What's the consequence of that? Interesting question to ponder.