“May the best woman win!” Nikki Haley’s closing statement was profound and to the point, much like her speech at the Charleston Visitor’s Center on Wednesday, Feb. 15, where she proudly declared her decision to run for president. Introducing Nikki Haley, Representative Ralph Norman remarked, “In a town full of events that shaped history, I know that what we are kicking off today will make history.”
A proud daughter of Indian immigrants, Nikki Haley was born in a small South Carolina hospital in a town that had a population of around 2,500. Haley is proud to be a first-generation South Carolinian. During her speech on Wednesday, Haley proudly proclaimed, “I am glad to be in the state that I love, with the people I love to help the country I love.”
Haley also showed a sincere sense of gratitude toward the opportunities she and her siblings were afforded when their parents made the decision to move to South Carolina. Haley reminisced, “Everyday my parents reminded us that even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America.”
After serving three terms in the House of Representatives, Haley ran for Governor of South Carolina, becoming the first minority female Governor in United States history. In 2016, Haley was appointed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Speaking on her assumed lack of experience, Haley lamented, “We need someone who can shake up Washington and the current political class. I’ve been underestimated before,” and with a slight smile Haley finished, “that’s always fun. I’ve been shaking up the status quo all my life.”
Just an hour and a half from where she was born and raised, Nikki Haley told the world, “For a proud America, for a strong America, I am running for President of the United States of America.”
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