She is the second woman of colour to ever seek the Republican Party's nomination for the White House. Haley is the third Indian-American to run for the US presidency in three consecutive election cycles.īobby Jindal ran in 2016 and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020. US President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has not yet indicated if he will seek reelection.īiden, 80, is the oldest sitting US president. The next US presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. Haley's formal declaration means she will be the first contender to join the contest against Trump, who announced his third bid for the White House late last year.Īnd, before entering the presidential ballot, Haley has to win the Republican Party's presidential primary, which will start in January next year. It’s just that our politicians are past theirs! And today, our enemies think the American era has passed. she said, 'When America is distracted, the world is less safe. Casting herself as a younger and fresher alternative to the 20th century politicians like her one-time boss and former president Donald Trump. Republican leader Nikki Haley formally launched her 2024 presidential bid on Wednesday. Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina in 1972 to Sikh parents Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, who had emigrated from Punjab to Canada and then to the US in the 1960s. It’s the core of our nation’s history and it called to my parents over fifty years ago'. Haley added in her speech, 'I see America leading the world – in freedom and peace.

Nobody knew who we were, what we were, or why we were there'.

Our little town came to love us, but it wasn’t always easy. They found it in Bamberg, South Carolina – population, 2,500. 'My parents left India in search of a better life.

She said, ' I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. Nikki Haley proudly flaunted her Indian heritage in her first public appearance as a White House hopeful.

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