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POLITICO
15 Feb 2023
Kelly Garrity


NextImg:Nikki Haley calls for competency tests for politicians over 75 during campaign launch

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley highlighted the need for generational change and called for mandatory competency tests for politicians over 75 years old during a speech announcing her 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday.

“In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,” Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador during Donald Trump’s presidency, said. “We’ll have term limits for Congress. And mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”

The remarks are an undeniable strike against her only declared opponent, 76-year-old Trump, as well as President Biden Joe, who at 80 years old is the oldest person to hold the office.

Haley, who is 51, repeatedly talked about leading America into the 21st century. “We’re ready. Ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past, and we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future,” Haley told the crowd gathered in Charleston, South Carolina. “America is not past our prime, it’s just that our politicians are past theirs,” she added.

Haley, a first-generation Indian-American, also used the launch to highlight her background as a woman of color, something that makes her a unique GOP candidate.

“Every day we’re told America is flawed, rotten and full of hate. Joe and Kamala even say America is racist. Nothing could be further from the truth. The American people know better. My immigrant parents know better,” Haley said.

Though only the second candidate to enter the 2024 presidential race, Haley is polling behind two potential rivals — Trump, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has yet to say whether he’ll enter the race.