It's official: Nikki Haley running for president. Formal announcement Feb. 15
The confirmation she is committing to the race came from a member of Haley's inner circle Jan. 31.
It also appears she was alerting Trump in the past week of her leanings.
During his weekend campaign swing that included a stop at the S.C. Statehouse, Trump told national reporters he recently received a phone call from Haley. Trump said Haley told him “she’d like to consider” a 2024 run of her own.
“I talked to her for a little while. I said, ‘Look, you know, go by your heart if you want to run,’” Trump told reporters, adding that he would welcome the competition.
“She called me and said she’d like to consider it, and I said you should do it.”
Trump then reportedly told Haley, “Go by your heart if you want to run.”
