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Here’s what we know so far about the 2024 presidential race. On one side of the aisle, no Democrats have officially entered, though President Joe Biden is widely expected to run. On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump has announced his candidacy, Woke, Inc. author Vivek Ramaswamy is running, and former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador Nikki Haley has entered the race.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker covers some of Haley’s political highlights while pointing out that Americans still have a lot to learn about the first woman of color to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
What do we look for when we select our president?
Leading up to the election in 2020, one of many polls was from Yahoo News/YouGov. They found that Republicans valued strength above all else. 89% of Trump’s supporters said he possessed this leadership quality. And for Biden? His supporters believed that he was someone who is willing to take responsibility. But that was in 2020. Now, our sights are already set on 2024, and the newest candidate in that field: Nikki Haley.
A former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley told her story last week to a crowd in Charleston, South Carolina as she announced her run for president.
Her story began as a child of immigrants who moved here from India the same year that Neil Armstrong first took a step on the moon. Born in South Carolina, Haley detailed the life and education she grew up with, and the backbone that was her family. Her father went on to teach at a Christian, historically Black university. Her mother became a public school teacher. Her [sic] and her three siblings grew up understanding the value of hard work and community. Keep this picture in mind: here’s an immigrant family from India in the middle of the south, in the middle of South Carolina–the state that started the Civil War. One of her brothers, he went on to serve in Desert Storm.
Haley’s story led her through becoming a state House legislator, and then even governor. Those chapters of her life, and her story at that point included confrontations such as the tragic shooting at a Black church in Charleston and the removal of the Confederate flag that was on the state capitol in Columbia.
In her speech, Haley touched on the threats of China and Russia, highlighting her latest experiences as UN ambassador under President Trump. And many Americans are still learning this story of the newest candidate for president. And if Trump was considered strong and honest, and Biden, competent and willing to take responsibility, what will voters think of Nikki Haley?
