Nikki Haley expected to announce presidential run in Charleston on February 15

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is predicted to announce she’s operating for president on February 15 in Charleston, in response to an individual conversant in her plans.

Haley could be the primary Republican to leap into the 2024 presidential race this yr, dealing with solely former President Donald Trump, who launched his bid final yr, as her competitors out of the gates.

She’s anticipated to ship an invitation to her supporters asserting the particular occasion within the coming days, in response to sources conversant in the matter. The exact particulars of her launch have but to be revealed. One supply mentioned they believed she might publicly sign the announcement is coming with video within the coming days, however that risk isn’t set in stone.

A spokesperson for Haley didn’t instantly present particulars in regards to the plans.

The Put up and Courier was first to report the date and placement of the anticipated announcement, and The Washington Put up was first to report particulars of Haley’s preparations.

“Ever since she left the governor’s workplace for the United Nation, there’s at all times been a way in South Carolina that Nikki could be getting ready for a a lot bigger launch,” Dave Wilson, the president of the Christian nonprofit Palmetto Household Council, instructed CNN. “Now we’re in a presidential countdown window. Everybody had higher buckle up.”

Haley gave her clearest indication but that she plans to hunt the Republican presidential nomination throughout an interview earlier this yr.

“Whenever you’re taking a look at a run for president, you have a look at two issues: You first have a look at, does the present state of affairs push for brand spanking new management? The second query is, am I that person who might be that new chief?” she instructed Fox Information.

“Sure, we have to go in a brand new path,” Haley mentioned. “And may I be that chief? Sure, I feel I may be that chief.”

Haley, who served because the US ambassador to the United Nations within the Trump administration, additionally known as Trump just lately to inform him that she was contemplating launching her marketing campaign, the previous president instructed reporters over the weekend.

“She known as me and mentioned she’d like to think about it, and I mentioned, ‘It is best to do it,’” Trump mentioned in recalling the dialog.

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