Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as UN ambassador under ex-President Trump is now officially a challenger to her former boss in the race for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee. She announced her candidacy on social media (above).
Haley is expected to make her announcement live at an event in her home state in two days.
Note: Trump famously does not like competition in what he still considers his party, but Haley entering the field is expected to cut into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ lead over Trump in two-candidate polls. DeSantis has yet to declare.
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McConnell Calls Out Scott
MONDAY 2/13/23
A proposal that would require Congressional reauthorization every five years of all federal programs, including Medicare and Social Security, is not a Republican plan, “that was the Rick Scott plan,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Kentucky radio host Terry Meiners last Thursday, Aaron Blake writes in The Washington Post. As Blake notes, President Biden acknowledged in his State of the Union address last Tuesday that only a few Republicans endorsed it – though it wasn’t enough to prevent Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from yelling out, “liar!” during his speech.
Scott challenged McConnell after the midterms for the GOP Senate leadership, but McConnell told reporters last week that the challenge had nothing to do with his calling out the Republican senator from Florida.
Could this be the further moderation of McConnell, who toured infrastructure projects in Kentucky and Ohio with Biden before the president’s address and who has been at odds with party leader Donald J. Trump since the January 6th Capitol insurrection?
Meanwhile: Former UN ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to announce her 2024 presidential campaign Friday, February 17.
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