Nikki Haley announces presidential run in new video: 'Time for a new generation'

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley announced her 2024 presidential campaign in a video Tuesday, becoming the first major Republican to challenge former President Donald Trump.

Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, was slated to hold an event Wednesday in South Carolina to make a special announcement, which was assumed to be about her 2024 presidential bid. In a campaign announcement video posted to her Twitter account, she called for a "new generation of leadership."

"We must turn in that direction again. Republicans have lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections," she said. "It's time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride, and our purpose."

Trump, her onetime boss, already began taking aim at Haley from his Truth Social account, posting an old clip of her in which Haley said she would back him in 2024. In her announcement video, Haley cast herself as more of a traditional Republican candidate for president.