Nikki Haley can be seen during an appearance on Hannity at the Fox News Channel Studios on January 20 in New York City.
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Nikki Haley can be seen during an appearance on Hannity at the Fox News Channel Studios on January 20 in New York City.
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Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina who also served in the Trump administration, is preparing to run for president in 2024, a source familiar with her planning told NPR.
A note to supporters, expected to outline his plans, is due to be released on Wednesday.
The Republican is set to be the first to challenge former President Donald Trump in a GOP primary election. Trump announced last year another bid for the White House. Haley served as Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations for nearly two years, from 2017 to 2018, when she resigned.
Before her tenure in the Trump administration, Haley led the state of South Carolina as governor from 2011 to 2017, when she left to take a job at the UN. Haley was the first woman to serve as governor of South Carolina. Carolina.
Since Haley left the Trump White House, she has traveled the country with a particular focus on visiting early voting states. He also released a memoir about his time working with the former president.
In 2021, Haley said she would not run for president if Trump ran again, but recently deviated from her usual line, calling for a new generation of Republican Party leadership in an appearance on Fox News that he later posted on Twitter.
It’s time for a new generation.
It’s time for new leadership.
And it’s time to take back our country.America is worth the fight—and we’re just getting started. pic.twitter.com/L93Q6WirzD
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 21, 2023
On a January 20 appearance on the Fox News program HannityHaley declined to confirm a presidential campaign but emphasized one of the challenges facing any Republican candidate in a general election: the popular vote.
“We lost the last seven out of eight popular votes for president,” Haley said. “It’s time we get a Republican out there who can lead and that can win a general election.”
The formal announcement of Haley’s presidential campaign is expected on February 15 in Charleston, SC
NPR’s Scott Detrow and Megan Pratz contributed to this story.
Haley delivered the GOP’s response to President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address. Here is the coverage from that:
