A bold, kick-ass woman is about to enter the US presidential race. This is how Nikki Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina, aims to present herself, anyway. “I wear heels, but it’s not a fashion statement, it’s because if I see something wrong, I’m gonna kick ‘em every single time,” she said, while serving as Donald Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations in 2017.
Haley deserves applause for having the guts to be the first to take on Trump while male contenders are still cowering and plotting in the shadows. On Wednesday Haley will launch her campaign in the historic port city of Charleston, South Carolina, before heading to New Hampshire and Iowa, two early primary states where presidential candidates are forged or broken. But she faces a tough challenge to prove she is the answer to the Republican party’s problems.
