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Nikki Haley planning February 15 launch for 2024 White House bid

PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Feb 01, 2023 11:37 AM IST

On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a February 15 launch event in Charleston, at which she plans to announce her campaign, according to a person familiar with the plans but not authorised to speak publicly about them.

Columbia, Feb 1 (AP) Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official.

Nikki Haley, 51, served as South Carolina's governor for six years before serving as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. (AP)
Nikki Haley, 51, served as South Carolina's governor for six years before serving as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. (AP)

On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a February 15 launch event in Charleston, at which she plans to announce her campaign, according to a person familiar with the plans but not authorised to speak publicly about them.

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News of Haley's plans was first reported by The Post and Courier of Charleston.

Haley, 51, served as South Carolina's governor for six years before serving as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. When she enters the race, Haley will be the first contender to join the contest against her former boss, who is currently the sole Republican seeking his party's 2024 nomination.

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Trump was in South Carolina Saturday for the initial campaign swing of his 2024 campaign, standing alongside Gov. Henry McMaster — who served as Haley's lieutenant governor — and several GOP members of the state's delegation, part of his leadership team in the early-voting state.

During the Trump administration, Haley feuded at times with other White House officials while bolstering her own public persona. Her 2018 departure fuelled speculation that she would challenge Trump in 2020, or replace Vice President Mike Pence on the ticket, but Haley did neither.

After the January 6 Capitol siege, Haley initially cast doubts on Trump's political future but said she wouldn't challenge him in 2024.

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In 2021, Haley told The Associated Press that she "would not run if President Trump ran," but she has since shifted course, ramping up activity through her Stand for America non-profit and political action committee, and endorsing dozens of candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.

Late last year, during a visit to her alma mater, Haley told an audience at Clemson University that she would be "taking the holidays" to consider a run.

Asked recently why she is now considering a run in spite of her 2021 comments, Haley told Fox News "a lot has changed," referencing, among other things, US economic troubles.

She went on to say she felt she could be part of "new generational change," an indirect reference to Trump's advanced age.

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