Former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022.
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Nikki Haley, a former governor for South Carolina and United Nation’s ambassador, announced she was entering the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, making her the first Republican to challenge her former boss and ex-President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination.
Haley has been assembling a team to explore a potential run for weeks.
“Republicans have lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections. That has to change,” Haley said in a video posted to her Twitter account. She called for a new generation of leaders, saying President Joe Biden’s record was “abysmal” and that the “Washington establishment has failed us over and over and over again.”
In announcing her run a day before she’s scheduled a formal campaign launch in Charleston, S.C., Haley called for fiscal responsibility and secured borders.
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