Nikki Haley Wants In!

Nikki Haley wants the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

The former United Nations Ambassador and former South Carolina governor officially launches her campaign for president. The feud between Nikki Haley and Washed Up 45 will start.

Haley officially declared her presidential bid for 2024.

In the beginning, Haley said she wasn't interested in running if Washed Up 45 was going to run but given the recent controversies he's faced, she decided to go for it.

Join @TeamHaley at https://t.co/ioi6jyQDe7

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 14, 2023

In a video message posted on Twitter, Haley touted her record as South Carolina's governor, while looking to the future and the needs of the country.

"It's time for a new generation of leadership," Haley stated.

Haley identified numerous threats facing the country, from the "socialist left" to Russia and China, warning that there are those who see the United States as vulnerable.

"They all think we can be bullied, kicked around. You should know this about me, I don't put up with bullies, and when you kick back it hurts them more if you're wearing heels."

She is Indian-American.

Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley, 51 was born in Bamberg, South Carolina and earned an accounting degree from Clemson University. She joined her family's clothing business, before serving as treasurer and president of the National Association of Women Business Owners. First elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, she served three terms. In 2010, during her third term, she was elected governor of South Carolina, and she won re-election in 2014. Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina, the youngest governor in the country and the second governor of Indian descent (after fellow Republican Bobby Jindal of Louisiana). She was the first female governor of Asian American heritage. In 2017, Haley became the first Indian American member of a presidential cabinet.

Haley served as United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 96–4 vote, and sworn in on January 2017. Haley affirmed the United States' willingness to use military force in response to further North Korean missile tests in the wake of the 2017–2018 North Korea crisis. She defended U.S. interests, particularly U.S. support of Israel, at the Security Council, and led the effort to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council. She voluntarily stepped down as Ambassador on December 31, 2018.

While speaking at Christians United for Israel's Washington summit in July 2022, Haley hinted at a run for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, saying, "If [President  Joe Biden] signs any sort of [Iran nuclear] deal, I'll make you a promise: The next president will shred it on her first day in office," and, "Just saying, sometimes it takes a woman." 

Expect birther and not American smears to come out.

On February 1, 2023, it was reported that Haley announced her bid for the presidency on February 14, making her the first challenger to a Washed Up 45 2024 campaign. Haley will be the third Indian-American politician to seek a presidential nomination following Bobby Jindal and current Vice President Kamala Harris. Haley had previously claimed that she would not run for the candidacy if the former president also sought the nomination.

In an ad titled "Strong and Proud," Haley makes it official that she is running for President in 2024. 

She only got famous after pressure from Black voters demanded her to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina's state capitol grounds. She, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) face heavy criticism for the response to the white terrorist who murdered parishioners at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston.

Haley's running will be interesting. In 2016, she backed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over Graham and Washed Up 45. She eventually settled with the guy and even got a job because of him. 

Graham has already endorsed Washed Up 45 for 2024. Scott is also considering a run for president and has not responded to the former governor's run.