COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Nikki Haley He reappeared at the Statehouse on Monday, where his political career began, filing paperwork to participate in the South Carolina primary as he hopes to become his party’s primary replacement for the former president. Donald Trump.
The former South Carolina governor, who vacated his post as United Nations ambassador in 2017, suggested in South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary that he could defeat Trump. Big leads In National and Early Primary States.
A Des Moines Register poll released Monday shows Haley pulling even in Iowa with Gov. Florida. Ron DeSantis, even though both are far behind the former president. Haley and DeSantis are vying for second place in hopes of consolidating the support of people who want an alternative to Trump, with their campaigns and affiliated super PACs increasingly targeting each other in ads and messaging.
The field, which started with roughly a dozen candidates, is shrinking. Former Vice President Mike Pence completed his attempt Amid lackluster turnout numbers and low fundraising over the weekend. Haley said those numbers will continue to drop after the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses and subsequent New Hampshire primary.
“Then we’ll get to the sweet state of South Carolina and we’ll be done with it,” Haley said.
with Israel deepens its attack On Gaza, Haley positioned herself as a strong candidate on foreign policy. He criticized the Biden administration for easing sanctions on Iran and insisted that the United States should play only a “supportive role” to Israel. He said he would not have pressured the Israeli government to restore Internet connections in the Gaza Strip recently.
“I’ve been in those mines. I’ve been on the border of Lebanon. I’ve been on the border of Syria. I’ve seen what’s happening in Gaza,” Haley told supporters on Monday. “When you look at it, you see how sophisticated it is.”
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