Republican primary candidate Nikki Haley said it was time for America’s older political leaders in both political parties to “step away” as the former US ambassador steps up her attacks on US gerontocracy to boost her bid for the White House in 2024.
Speaking on Sunday after Mitch McConnell, the Republican senate leader, had a health scare last week, appearing to freeze while speaking to reporters for a second time in as many months, Haley said seniors in high political office “need to let a younger generation take over”.
“We want to go and start working for our kids to make sure we have a strong national security, to make sure we have a stronger economic policy, to make sure that America is safe. And we can’t do that if these individuals refuse to give up power,” Haley told CBS in an interview.