{"id":1848453,"date":"2023-02-15T12:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848453"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:55:41","slug":"nikki-haley-holds-first-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-holds-first-campaign-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley Holds First Campaign Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikki-haley-holds-first-campaign-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">CHARLESTON, South Carolina \u2014 Thousands of people gathered in downtown Charleston on Wednesday morning as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley officially entered the fray for the 2024 GOP presidential primaries with a request for a \u201cnew generation\u201d Here are the speeches of GOP leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2023\/02\/IMG_9629.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23266783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_9629-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"743\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Haley, who announced her campaign on Tuesday via a social media video, previously served as governor of South Carolina and later as then-President Donald Trump\u2019s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re ready\u2026 ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past,\u201d She stated these words in her speech per prepared remarks. \u201cAnd we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re going LIVE NOW in Charleston! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHT3nQnBOD\">https:\/\/t.co\/VHT3nQnBOD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mFMOlhcdCT\">pic.twitter.com\/mFMOlhcdCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1625891027100786689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think it\u2019s safe to say, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NikkiHaley<\/a> remains VERY popular in South Carolina! Hell of a turnout on a Wednesday morning! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ceTaXdtVp2\">pic.twitter.com\/ceTaXdtVp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Stroman (@alexstroman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexstroman\/status\/1625884046499749892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley\u2019s speech came in a crowded open-air covered room in downtown Charleston, in the visitor center\u2019s \u201cThe Shed Downtown,\u201d a building with short brick walls and tall windows above them up the high ceiling over its concrete floor. More than a hundred media personnel\u2013reporters, cameras, and more\u2013packed the back of the long and narrow historic venue while thousands of Haley supporters grouped at the front and outside as well. Event organizers estimated the crowd size at around two thousand people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2023\/02\/IMG_9622.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23266588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_9622-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"743\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sunny mid-60s February morning in the South Carolina low country meant attendees did not need jackets, a warm start to Haley\u2019s presidential campaign before she heads north to New Hampshire and west to Iowa this week. The impressive crowd would suggest she maybe has a point when in her speech the former governor bashed those who underestimate her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2023\/02\/IMG_9620.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23266593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_9620-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"743\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I ran against the longest-serving legislator in the state, no one said I had a shot, but together we won,\u201d Haley said. \u201cWhen I ran for Governor, people said, \u2018Nikki who?\u2019 But together, we won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When discussing her time as governor, Haley declared \u201cwe cut taxes, created thousands of jobs, and revitalized our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she noted how her time in the Trump administration shocked the world when she represented the United States at the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen President Trump nominated me for Ambassador to the United Nations, people said I didn\u2019t have the experience,\u201d Haley said. \u201cThen I went to work. I told the world that America would have the backs of our allies, and for those who did not have our backs, we were taking names. The dictators, murderers, and thieves at the UN didn\u2019t know what hit them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Hundreds of people lined the Charleston sidewalk outside more than an hour before Haley\u2019s speech, a sizable crowd waiting to get in to see her launch her campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Haley\u2019s speech was packed with applause lines, and shots at the left. \u201cEvery day, we\u2019re told America is flawed, rotten, and full of hate. Joe and Kamala even say America is racist,\u201d Haley said. \u201cNothing could be further from the truth. The American people know better. My immigrant parents know better. And take it from the first minority female Governor in history: America is not a racist country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crowd roared.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, she ripped Biden\u2013and presumably other politicians too\u2013for his age. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen America is distracted, the world is less safe,\u201d Haley said. \u201cAnd today, our enemies think the American era has passed. They\u2019re wrong. America is not past our prime. It\u2019s just that our politicians are past theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crowd cheered again. <\/p>\n<p>She ripped Biden repeatedly for his age throughout the speech, also saying she would seek requirements for mental competency tests for any politician over 75 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,\u201d Haley said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have term limits for Congress \u2013 and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley also called for the national implementation of E-verify to stop employers from hiring illegal aliens. This is something she accomplished in South Carolina as governor through her signing of Senate Bill 20, which was something that infuriated then-President Barack Obama\u2019s administration because it was a major illegal immigration crackdown that included among other things statewide implementation of E-verify. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the America I see, we stop the surge of drugs and illegal immigration,\u201d Haley said. \u201cThat means having a real border and mandatory e-verify, like we got done in South Carolina. Businesses must hire Americans \u2013 not illegals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch \u2013 Crowd waiting in line for Haley\u2019s campaign kickoff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">mboyle<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Haley ripped Democrat President Joe Biden and other leaders having \u201cput too much trust in big government and too little trust in the American people,\u201d something that she said has sent \u201cus spiraling toward socialism, with a new trillion-dollar spending bill every few months, and a national debt over 30 trillion dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said that while the U.S. must \u201cstop socialism, before it\u2019s too late\u201d because \u201cit\u2019s weakening America from within,\u201d that is not the only major national problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something else eating away at our national core,\u201d Haley said. \u201cOn Biden and Harris\u2019s watch, a self-loathing has swept our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also later in the speech described her \u201cpurpose\u201d as one of saving the country \u201cfrom the downward spiral of socialism and defeatism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI aim to move America upward toward freedom and strength,\u201d Haley said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said that \u201cmost of all, I see a strong America because I see a proud America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong and proud \u2013 not weak and woke \u2013 that\u2019s the America I see,\u201d Haley said.<\/p>\n<p>Haley leaned heavily into her background, too, both personal and professional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand before you as the daughter of immigrants \u2013 as a proud wife of a combat veteran \u2013 and as the mom of two amazing children,\u201d Haley said. \u201cI\u2019ve served as Governor of the great state of South Carolina \u2013 and as America\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations\u2026 And above all else, I\u2019m a grateful American citizen who knows our best days are yet to come, if we unite and fight to save our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley is the second major candidate to enter the 2024 field, with Trump having been the first with his entrance back in November right after the 2022 midterm elections. Several more are expected to jump into the race in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22665088\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22665088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1441799835.png\" alt=\"PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on stage during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump announced that he was seeking another term in office and officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on stage during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), one of South Carolina\u2019s current U.S. Congressmen, introduced Haley at the event, a huge endorsement for her in her home state. Norman compared Haley to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and said that while he thanks Trump for his service in the White House and that Trump was exactly what the GOP needed in 2016 that he thinks a new leader is needed with the qualities of fighting back that Trump taught Republicans. Norman argued that Haley is that leader.<\/p>\n<p>Before Norman spoke to introduce Haley, Cindy Warmbier\u2013the mother of Otto Warmbier, an American killed by the North Korean regime during the Trump administration\u2013spoke about how she thinks Haley is the right candidate for the country as well.<\/p>\n<p>Haley, in her speech, argued that if she is the GOP nominee for president in 2024 that the party will win the popular vote again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections,\u201d she said in a portion of the speech directed at Republicans. \u201cOur cause is right, but we have failed to win the confidence of a majority of Americans. Well, that ends today. If you\u2019re tired of losing, then put your trust in a new generation. And if you want to win \u2013 not just as a party, but as a country \u2013 then stand with me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLESTON, South Carolina \u2014 Thousands of people gathered in downtown Charleston on Wednesday morning as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley officially entered the fray for the 2024 GOP presidential primaries with a request for a \u201cnew generation\u201d Here are the speeches of GOP leaders. 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