Posted on 01/04/2024 11:16:54 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
A week and a half from the Iowa caucuses, two 2024 Republican presidential contenders attempted to convince voters that former President Donald Trump isn’t a lock to win the nomination — and prove their own electability.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley warned Iowa Republican voters Thursday night that nominating Trump again could cost their party the White House in November.
DeSantis sought to show a more relatable side of his personality. He opened by handing CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins the jersey of University of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark — poking fun at Haley, who mixed up their names over the weekend.
...Haley, meanwhile, sought to demonstrate that she was ready and tough enough to deal with hard issues. She emphasized fiscal responsibility, argued that Israel should get whatever it needs from the United States to fight Hamas, and described the approach she took to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse when she was governor.
The two also made their cases that Trump’s legal battles could hurt the party’s efforts to defeat President Joe Biden in the general election.
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They are getting about as much traction as this thread.
I’m a DeSantis supporter and yeah, you’re right. We’ll lose with Trump. So be it.
At least you chose the right handle.
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LOL !
The removal of the Confederate Flag did it for me. She sucks.
Erasing American History isn’t the way to bring out the greatness in our country. Everything in history helped shape this great Nation. You have to take the good with the bad and move on. It’s still our History. The rest of the world is a total mess and Biden is doing his best destroy us and make the whole world a SH!T SHOW. Either one of these YAHOO’S are ready to be president.
We need Donald Trump and we need him NOW!
Defeatist attitude, you are a DeSantis supporter. The only way Trump can lose is if we let them cheat again.
Which is probable.
“The removal of the Confederate Flag did it for me. “
Once they caved on the flag, it was inevitable that the statues and memorials would follow.
There are no real, enthusiastic desantis support here.
desanctimonious is a candidate of convenience, because he might take out Trump.
Otherwise, there would have been a live thread on the townhall, and the desantis supporters posting in it.
Just like how there was no notice by desantis supporters of other televised and streamed town halls or debates with desantis until it was over.
Nikki’s attack on American history showed she does not identify as an American, and it started the snowball rolling for the American Taliban to attack other memorials.
There were some town halls?
You are definitely in the Minority with your opinion on Meathead.
He’s going to let the J6’rs rot in prison. After what he said about J6 I don’t trust him at all.
They are never going to be President.
If it was on CNN, nobody cares. And I can’t think of any GOP voter would would waste time watching.
described the approach she took to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse when she was governor.
Yeah...dictatorial...piss off the majority to appease a minority.
Way to govern...
“I’m a DeSantis supporter and yeah, you’re right. We’ll lose with Trump. So be it.”
So if the rodents plan to cheat - and they do- they will ONLY cheat if President Trump is our nominee?
If any other Republican runs the rodents will opt for a “fair fight?”
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE
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