First on Fox: Haley will launch the Veterans for Nikki coalition during next week’s NH stop

EXCLUSIVE: Republican presidential nominee and former governor and ambassador Nikki Haley will unveil her Veterans for Nikki coalition next week during a two-day tour of New Hampshire, the state hosting the first primary and second overall contest in the GOP presidential nomination calendar .

And Haley, the only female candidate among the main contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, will also form a “Women for Nikki New Hampshire” coalition. The announcements, first shared with Fox News on Thursday, come as the former South Carolina governor, who served two terms and later served as ambassador to the United Nations, is traveling through the Granite State for the fourth time. since declaring her candidacy for the White House in February.

Nikki’s honorary veterans chairman is someone Haley knows quite well—her husband, Michael—who is a member of the South Carolina National Guard and a full-time federal military technician. He joined the National Guard following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and in 2013 became the first spouse of an incumbent governor to serve in a combat zone when deployed to Afghanistan.

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“When my National Guard unit deployed to Afghanistan during Nikki’s tenure as governor, I had no doubt that our family and state would be in strong, capable hands,” Michael Haley said in a statement. “Nikki is fearless and has always had the backs of our veterans and armed forces. As Commander-in-Chief, she will lead with courage and determination.”

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Jason Church, a retired US Army captain who lost both his legs in an IED blast on his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, will also be part of the Veterans’ Coalition leadership team. “A President Nikki Haley will face the threats to America’s national security with backbone and courage,” he said.

Haley will announce her Veterans Coalition next Wednesday, May 24th during a campaign event at 1631 VFW Post in Concord, New Hampshire. The event’s star will be retired Army General Don Bolduc, a native of New Hampshire who served four decades in the military and served ten deployments in Afghanistan. Haley made several trips to New Hampshire last fall to support Bolduc in his second straight run for the Senate. Bolduc endorsed Haley after she launched her 2024 presidential campaign and featured her at numerous New Hampshire events.

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Bolduc noted that as South Carolina Governor, Haley “signed several bills into law to help our veterans and ease the transition to civilian life.” Bottom line, Nikki Haley will be a Commander-in-Chief to be proud of.”

Ahead of the launch of her Veterans Coalition next Wednesday, Haley will unveil her “Women for Nikki New Hampshire” coalition. Earlier this year, she announced a similar coalition in Iowa, the state whose electoral conventions lead the Republican nomination calendar.
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While in New Hampshire next week, Haley will also headline the latest installment of the Politics and Eggs series at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics, which has been a must-see for White House candidates for over two decades. And she’ll be headlining a “No BS Backyard BBQ” in Rye, New Hampshire, hosted by former Senator Scott Brown and his wife, former Congressional candidate Gail Huff Brown.