China and Russia the topic of U. S. presidential candidates
2023.02.15 08:42
China and Russia the topic of U. S. presidential candidates
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – On Wednesday, the first stop of Nikki Haley’s campaign for the 2024 presidential nomination, she is expected to focus on the threats China and Russia pose to the United States and the need for new Republican candidates.
Haley is the only declared candidate for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in 2024. This gives her the opportunity to stand out in a field that has so far been sparse, but it also puts her at risk of Donald Trump’s ire, who is seeking a second term in office.
The 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina announced her candidacy on Tuesday, making a veiled reference to Trump, whom some Republican leaders attribute to the party’s disappointing performance in the midterm elections in November, by stating in a video that Republicans need a new slate of leaders if they are to win.
Haley also referred to her prior work in foreign policy.
“Russia and China are marching ahead. All of them believe we can be bullied and kicked. I should tell you this about myself: Bullies don’t get along with me. And if you’re wearing heels, it hurts them more when you kick back,” she said in the video.
After the U.S. military shot down what officials claimed was a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, China has received renewed attention in the United States over the past week. That turned out to be the first of a number of mysterious flying objects that officials in charge of national security have been looking into.
Haley was Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations in 2017 and 2018, when the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, which had been signed by Democratic President Barack Obama and was unpopular with Republicans. Haley was Trump’s replacement as ambassador to the UN.
She is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. local time (1600 GMT) in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
She has to work hard: According to a poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos and released on Tuesday, only 4% of registered Republicans supported Haley.
In the poll that was conducted between the 6th and 13th of February, 43% of registered Republicans indicated that they supported Trump, while 31% indicated that they supported Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to launch a campaign but has not yet done so.
One close advisor, who requested anonymity to preview the remarks, stated that Haley is anticipated to argue that the party needs generational change. Haley is decades older than Biden, who is 80 years old, and Trump, who is 76 years old.
From 2011 to 2017, Haley was governor of South Carolina. One of the earliest Republican primary contests is held in the state.
Later, Haley is expected to travel through New Hampshire and Iowa, which will host the first and second Republican nomination contests of the 2024 campaign cycle, respectively.
She might not be the only South Carolina Republican interested in running for president. A campaign advisory states that U.S. Senator Tim Scott, who is also frequently thought of as a potential presidential candidate, will begin a “listening tour focused on Faith in America” in Charleston one day after Haley’s event. After that, he will travel through Iowa, another important early voting state.
After white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine black churchgoers in 2015, Haley, then governor, called for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the grounds of the state capitol. However, she later drew criticism when, in an interview in 2019, she stated that the flag symbolizes “service, sacrifice, and heritage” and that Roof had hijacked its meaning.
She would become the first female Republican presidential candidate who is not white.
