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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announces 2024 presidential run

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A day ahead of a planned "special announcement" in South Carolina, former governor of that state and Trump² administration official announced her run for president in a video posted on Twitter.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley made it official Tuesday, announcing her run for president in a video posted on Twitter. A day ahead of a special announcement in Charleston, Haley called for a new generation of leadership. Haley becomes just the second major candidate to announce a campaign for the Republican nomination³ and is the first to challenge former President Donald Trump, her boss when she served in his administration as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Haley previously⁴ said she wouldn't challenge Trump for the nomination if he ran. Obviously, a lot to break down here after this announcement. So here to help us do just that is NPR political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. Hi, Danielle.

DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, BYLINE⁵: Hey, good morning.

FADEL: Good morning. So what stood out to you about this video?

KURTZLEBEN: I mean, to me, it's that Haley is really trying to straddle some really particular lines in messaging about who she is in a Republican Party that isn't - that is fractured and that could be very much more fractured by a lot of people jumping in. So in this video, on the one hand, she references very standard, really traditional Republican ideas. For example, she says the party needs to rediscover financial responsibility. She says that she is there to fight the Washington establishment. Those are very standard Republican language right there. But she also references very current culture war issues, particularly race. Here's one line from very early in the ad.

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NIKKI HALEY: Some look at our past as evidence that America's founding principles are bad. They say the promise of freedom is just made up. Some think our ideas are not just wrong but racist⁶ and evil. Nothing could be further from the truth.

KURTZLEBEN: And I should say that that's over imagery that references The New York Times' "1619 Project," which told the story of America's founding through the lens of slavery. It's also over imagery of people protesting racism⁷, as well as progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Now, as a woman of color running for president on the Republican side, that's some very particular messaging. It makes it clear, hey, I fall in with my fellow Republicans. Even though, you know, I grew up different, I want to unite people. And Republicans, of course, often criticize Democrats⁸ as divisive in how they talk about race.

FADEL: So still going on with the anti-wokeness platforms we've seen from other...

KURTZLEBEN: Very much.

FADEL: ...Republican candidate - Republican officials. Remind us of Haley's political resume.

KURTZLEBEN: Yeah. So she started out in the South Carolina Statehouse in 2004, and then she was twice elected governor of South Carolina, in 2010 and 2014. And as a governor, she was - she took a lot of conservative stands. She signed a law restricting abortion⁹ after 20 weeks with exceptions for the pregnant person's life, but that was seen as very much a very staunch conservative stand. That was, of course, while Roe¹⁰ was still in effect. One other thing that really marked her governorship was that she signed the law taking down the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds after the horrific shooting at Mother AME in Charleston. That was, of course, a - is a church that is a Black church. And so that was very much seen as a divisive, racist incident, to say the least. So that is something that will definitely come up in this race.

FADEL: What does Haley's announcement tell us about the broader 2024 landscape now?

KURTZLEBEN: Well, first of all, that you're going to have people like her who were, at one point, very anti-Trump, who then embraced him and are now going to run against him. So there is going to be a lot of that with her, potentially Mike Pence, who is headed to Iowa this week, and also that you are just going to potentially have a really, really big race of people jumping in after her.

FADEL: NPR political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. Thank you so much, Danielle.

KURTZLEBEN: Yes. Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

7 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

10 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？