Nikki Haley has entered the presidential chat
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley announced that she’s running for president. Today on “Post Reports,” we hear from her supporters about why they’re choosing her over former president Donald Trump, and what her entrance means for the 2024 race.
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Nikki Haley kicked off her campaign with a rally in Charleston, S.C., where she pitched a wider-tent approach to GOP politics. The former South Carolina governor and ex-U.N. ambassador is counting on Republican voters who are “tired of losing” the popular vote in elections. But can her twist on Republican identity politics bring back the voters that fled the party in the Trump era?
Audio producer Arjun Singh takes “Post Reports” to Charleston for the campaign launch.
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| 0:00.0 | We've lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections. |
| 0:10.6 | Our cause is right, but we have failed to win the confidence of a majority of Americans. |
| 0:17.7 | Well that ends today. |
| 0:25.4 | On Wednesday, the 2024 Republican presidential primary became a competition. |
| 0:31.3 | Nikki Haley entered the race swinging. |
| 0:34.9 | You might remember Haley as the Republican governor of South Carolina or as the ambassador |
| 0:39.4 | to the United Nations and the Trump administration. |
| 0:42.4 | If you're tired of losing, put your trust in a new generation. |
| 0:46.7 | And if you want to win, not just as a party, but as a country, stand with me. |
| 0:52.6 | Haley is trying to widen the tent of her party to be a change from what Republican voters |
| 0:58.2 | have gotten used to these last few years. |
| 1:01.6 | And it might be working. |
| 1:03.3 | And what's bringing out here to the governor, Haley? |
| 1:05.6 | Well, I always love Nikki Haley. |
| 1:07.8 | I think she brings a fresh voice. |
| 1:09.8 | You know, I don't want another rematch between two. |
| 1:12.4 | You know, men who are 80 years old. |
| 1:14.8 | Arjun Singh is a politics producer for our show. |
| 1:17.7 | He was at Haley's kickoff rally in South Carolina today, talking to supporters like |
| 1:22.3 | the color Bryant. |
| 1:23.3 | Why don't you want to see two 80-year-old men do it out? |
| 1:26.8 | Yeah, I think America is just tired of these same people running the country and what |
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