Former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Wednesday launched her campaign for the US President’s chair by asserting that she was proud of her Indian lineage. “I am a proud daughter of Indian immigrants. My parents left India in search of better life, they lived in South Carolina. Our town came to love us, but it wasn’t always easy, we were the only Indian family,” the Indian-American Republican leader said.
The the two-term Governor presented herself as a younger and more dynamic alternative to her previous boss, former US President Donald Trump, who is also running for the presidency. Haley stated that America’s enemies are mistaken in thinking that the American era has passed, but she stressed that the country cannot win the fight for the 21st century if they keep trusting politicians from the 20th century.
She emphasised that she is the daughter of immigrants, a proud wife of a combat veteran, and the mother of two children. The Republican Party’s presidential primary will begin in January 2024, and the next presidential election is scheduled for November 5, 2024. “When America is distracted, the world is less safe… And today, our enemies think the American era has passed. They’re wrong. America is not past our prime. It’s just that our politicians are past theirs! We won’t win the fight for the 21st Century if we keep trusting politicians from the 20th Century. And so, I have an announcement to make. 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,” she was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Taking to Twitter she said: “We’re ready—ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past… and we are more than ready for a NEW generation to lead us into the future.”
She attacked incumbent US President Joe Biden, saying: “We must stop socialism before it’s too late. It’s weakening America from within. But there’s something else eating away at our national core: On Biden and Harris’s watch, a self-loathing has swept our country…” “When America is distracted, the world is less safe—and today, our enemies think the American era has passed. They’re wrong. America is not past our prime. It’s just that our politicians are past theirs,” she added.
“From Joe Biden on down, our leaders put too much trust in big government and too little trust in the American people. They have us spiraling toward socialism.
This is not the America that called to my parents—this is NOT the America I will leave to my children!” @NikkiHaley
— Team Haley (@TeamHaley) February 15, 2023
“Unity does not come from faint hearts or watered-down compromises. That just leaves everyone wanting more. Real national unity comes from boldly proclaiming our national purpose and persuading opponents to join us. My purpose is to save our country from the downward spiral of socialism and defeatism. I aim to move America upward—toward freedom and strength,” she further said.