Nikki Haley Planning to Announce 2024 Presidential Run

Facts

• After teasing the concept for months, former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is expected to announce her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
• Haley’s team is reportedly sending invitations to her supporters to attend a "special announcement" on Feb. 15 at The Shed at the Charleston Visitor Center in downtown Charleston, S.C.
• Haley is set to become the second major GOP candidate to enter the 2024 race following former Pres. Donald Trump, who announced his White House bid after the November midterm elections.
• Haley’s expected announcement is a reversal from her previous statements in which she said that she would not run for president if Trump ran. In April 2021, she said, "I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it."
• Trump told reporters on Saturday that Haley called him to say she was considering a run, to which he reportedly told her to "go by your heart if you want to run." Haley and fellow S.C. Republican Tim Scott were absent at Trump’s Saturday campaign event in Columbia.
• Haley is considered a longshot to win the GOP nomination as she was in fourth place in a recent Trafalgar Group poll.

Sources: New York Post, Post and Courier, POLITICO, FOX News, Reuters, and BBC News.

Narratives

• Narrative A, as provided by Townhall. While Nikki Haley has an uphill battle to secure the GOP nomination in 2024, she is an intriguing candidate with unique qualities compared to the prospective primary field. As a woman of color, she could represent a diverse future for the party, and being the first female of color president would look great for the Republican Party. Her victory might finally end America's divisive culture wars.
• Narrative B, as provided by Revolver News. Nikki Haley represents everything that is wrong with the GOP and is a dangerous neocon relic from the G.W. Bush era. She will likely focus on the military-industrial complex instead of taking on Big Tech or standing up to leftist ideology, which is concerning. America and the GOP can't afford a candidate driven by the elitist political winds.