Nikki Haley expected to announce her campaign for the US Presidency

SCREEN CAPTURE / ABC

Indian American politician Nikki Haley seeks Republican nomination for President in 2024.

Ever since she resigned as Donald Trump's United Nations envoy early in his administration, it was widely speculated that Nikki Haley would run for President. This Feb. 14, she will announce her candidacy for the Republican nomination for President in 2024, according to news reports. 

The first hint of the upcoming announcement came as invitations going out to potential supporters that a "special announcement" will be made Feb. 15 at The Shed at the Charleston Visitor Center. A staff member confirmed the event.

Though she previously said she would not run against Trump if her were to run, her recent statements on social media seems to indicate a change of mind despite Trump's announcement Nov. 15 about his intention to return to the White House.

“It’s time for a new generation,” Haley tweeted. “It’s time for new leadership. And it’s time to take our country back. America is worth the fight — and we’re just getting started.”

Haley has tried to position herself as a moderate Republican even though she worked for one of the United States' most radical administrations. In the past year, she has been active on social media criticizing Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their policies.

She has been particularly harsh against Harris, who is the first Vice President of Indian American and African American heritage, calling her "unprofessional and unfit" to be Vice President.

In another tweet, Haley posted: "The only time we hear about Kamala Harris is when she's explaining her way out of a word salad. It’s time for her to do her job and secure the border."

Haley, whose parents are Indian American immigrants, may be trying to splinter the Asian American vote, which has played important roles in the 2020 Presidential election and the 2022 Midterms. Of the Asian American subgroups, South Asians have shown a strong tendency to vote liberal and for Democratic candidates.

Haley made national headlines in 2015 when she ordered the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds after a racist mss shooting took the lives of nine worshippers at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church.

EDITOR'S NOTE: For additional commentary, news and views from an AANHPI perspective, follow @DioknoEd on Twitter.