[Politics] Nikki Haley kicked off 2024 presidential campaign with calls for a new generation of leadership

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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley argued Wednesday the nation was ready to move past the "division and distractions" that she said marked today's politics and called for a new generation of leadership as she kicked off her 2024 presidential campaign in Charleston.

The former twice-elected governor of South Carolina, who turned 51 last month, launched her 2024 campaign Tuesday in a video and will travel to the early-voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa in the following days. Her announcement could provide a jolt to what has so far been a slow-moving Republican primary campaign season, with many potential candidates hesitant to be the first to follow former President Donald Trump into the race. Trump launched his third bid for the White House in November.

Haley on Wednesday touted her record in government and leaned heavily into her foreign policy experience as she sought to portray herself as the kind of leader who could strengthen a nation that she argued was "on a path of doubt, division, and self destruction" and "a path of fading patriotism and weakening power." "I stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as a proud wife of a combat veteran and as the mom of two amazing children. I've served as governor of the great state of South Carolina and as America's ambassador to the United Nations. And above all else, I'm a grateful American citizen who knows our best days are yet to come, if we unite and fight to save our country. I have devoted my life to this fight. And I'm just getting started. For a strong America, for a proud America, I am running for President of the United States of America," Haley said.

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