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Nikki Haley, who announced her 2024 US presidential bid, has not only taken on political insiders in South Carolina but also confronted countries like China and Russia during her stint at the UN.
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hence would be challenging fellow Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump by proposing a “new generation” of leadership in Washington.
“I’m Nikki Haley and I’m running for president,” the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina and the child of Indian immigrants said in a video statement.
“It’s time for a new generation of leadership — to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose,” she said in the video shot in Bamberg, the South Carolina town of her birth.
As per PTI report, In her speeches, Haley , 51, identifies herself as a “proud daughter of Indian immigrants”, whereas in public life her friends and foes describe her as a “conservative outsider”, a “trailblazer”, and a “fighter”.
Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to immigrant Punjabi Sikh parents in Bamberg, she is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations.
