NIKKI HALEY TEASES PRESIDENTIAL RUN, WOULD BEGIN ON BROKEN PROMISE. In a new interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley walked close to the line of declaring her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “I’m not going to make an announcement here,” Haley said. “But when you’re looking at a run for president, you look at two things. You first look at, does the current situation push for new leadership? The second question is, am I that person that could be that new leader?”
Haley answered both questions in the affirmative. “Yes, we need to go in a new direction,” she said. “And can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader.”
“It sounds like you’re close,” Baier said, and indeed, it sounded like Haley is very close to declaring her candidacy….
