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'I'm Nikki Haley and I'm running for president': First female US governor makes her bid for 2024 race

Haley will then be returning to South Carolina in mid-March for a conservative forum

WASHINGTON, DC: Nikki Haley has become the first Republican to challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP ticket. The former governor of South Carolina and US ambassador to the United Nations announced her presidential run on Tuesday, February 14. In her online video post, Haley stressed highlighted on "it's time for a new generation of leadership."

Nikki’s parents are Indian immigrants and the Republican is a Bamberg, South Carolina native. She had already made history in her short political career, becoming the state's first female governor and the first Indian-American to lead the state.

Haley, in her announcement for the top job, hit out at the party’s recent poor performance where the Republicans lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight elections. Interestingly, Trump has encouraged Haley with her bid, suggesting to “follow her heart,” and on another side, Taylor Budowich, head of the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. super PAC, hit out and labeled her as "just another career politician," reports CBS News. "She started out as a Never Trumper before resigning to serve in the Trump [administration]. She then resigned early to go rake in money on corporate boards, he said in a statement. “Now, she's telling us she represents a 'new generation.' Sure just looks like more of the same, a career politician whose only fulfilled commitment is to herself."

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What’s next for Nikki Haley?

Nikki Haley is scheduled to address her supporters while announcing her bid for the White House in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, February 15. And will then take her campaign to New Hampshire and Iowa, the first states on the presidential primary list. Haley will then be returning to South Carolina in mid-March for a conservative forum.

She is just as much of a corrupt grifter as the rest of them 

Social media also reacted to Haley's announcement for the office run, one wrote, "Kind of funny that Nikki Haley thinks that the party of misogyny is going to nominate a woman to be president." Another used shared a meme depicting Haley's slim chance and captioned, "Nikki Haley running for president is pretty funny." A third Twitterati said, "Nikki Haley is filing to run for president on the GOP ticket against Trump tomorrow. So far you have Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, & Ron DeSantis whose political careers will effectively and rightfully be destroyed by Donald Trump in 2024. I can’t wait to watch them all get exposed." Other user questioned Haley's credibility, "Nikki Haley had $52,000 curtains installed in her New York City apartment using State Department (taxpayer) funds… All as she oversaw $350 million in cuts to peacekeeping, development, & health programs at the UN. She is just as much of a corrupt grifter as the rest of them."

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