Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) early on Tuesday officially announced her presidential campaign.

“Get excited! Time for a new generation,” Haley wrote on Twitter. “Let’s do this!”

“I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants — not Black, not white. I was different,” she says in a video announcing the launch of her campaign, striking an optimistic tone.

“My mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similarities. My parents reminded me and my siblings every day how blessed we were to live in America,” Haley says.

“Some look at our past as evidence that America’s founding principles are bad. They say the promise of freedom is just made up. Some think our ideas are not just wrong, but racist and evil. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

Haley becomes the first Republican candidate to challenge former President Trump, who announced his 2024 campaign last November.