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Either dealing with temporal problems or it's not about dementia, they just, you know -- and that's up to voters whether they have the skills to hold the office. >> the issue i have with this conversation about biden's age is that it's always just about his age. it's not really about he wasn't able to do x. he wasn't able to do y. he has a great record. right? and even the democrats who are talking about his age would say he has a good record. he's done a lot of great things. being 80 is not a disqualifier. being any age and not having the mental competency to be president is a disqualifier. >...

Charleston, south carolina. kylie, what did you hear today? >> reporter: well, listen, nikki haley clearly making the case that she is the future of the republican party, saying that she, and she believes the republican party, are ready to move on past the stale ideas and faded names of the past, asking folks in this room to trust her and trust the new generation. it's worth noting as she makes that generational argument that she's 51 years old. both president biden and president trump are older than 75 years old. listen to what she said to voters in the room here in south carolina today. >> t...

Of 75. so this is a not-so-subtle attempt to talk about both joe biden and, let's face it, and donald trump. >> yeah. >> it's like a rorschach test, right? you can see it how you want to see it. but the speech itself and the message that she delivered was about as sort of clear cut and touching all of the bases she wants to touch as she possibly can. >> and one of the big moments, abby phillip, in addition obviously to all the generational arguments she was making and the mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old that she proposed, as dana noted, and her argument that...

Republican nikki haley kicking off her 2024 presidential charleston, south carolina, calling for generational change and mandatory mental competency tests for all candidates over 75. abc's senior congressional correspondent rachel scott in charleston tonight. >> nikki haley! >> reporter: tonight, former south carolina governor nikki haley becoming the first republican candidate to take on donald trump, launching her campaign with veiled swipes at her former boss. >> america is not past our prime. it's just that our politicians are past theirs. we're ready. ready to move past the stale ideas an...

In d.c. like solve problems instead of ignoring or creating them. in the america i see, the permanent politician will finally retire. we'll have term limits for congress. and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. most of all, i see a strong america because i see a proud america. strong and proud, not weak and woke. that's the america i see.