Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley attacked Republican front-runner Donald Trump in Iowa on Saturday as they dealt with blizzard conditions and sub-freezing temperatures, while awaiting the results of a closely watched poll that could indicate who comes second in the crucial caucuses. of Monday.
Trump “thinks you’re stupid,” DeSantis told voters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and said the former president was trying to “enlighten” them about his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Donald Trump used to brag about shutting down the world’s largest economy. He said he shut it down and saved all these lives,” the Florida governor said. “He Now He Says Otherwise,” pointing to a Fox News town hall this week in which Trump recounted a revised version of the events of 2020.
“He doesn’t think you can realize that what he’s saying is totally, totally false,” DeSantis charged.
In Cedar Falls, Iowa, Haley called Trump an agent of “chaos.”
Ron DeSantis campaigns in Ankeny, Iowa, on Friday. AP Nikki Haley trudged through the snow in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday in a final race of the campaign before Monday’s crucial Republican caucuses. ZUMAPRESS.com
“I think President Trump was the right president at the right time,” the former UN ambassador said. “But, rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him.”
Haley cited national polls to tout herself as the Republican most likely to beat President Biden in the November general election.
“Republicans have lost the last seven of eight popular votes for president, and that’s nothing to be proud of,” he said. “The only way we will win over the majority of Americans is if we move forward with a new generational conservative leader and leave the negativity and baggage behind.”
Both Haley and DeSantis are far behind Trump, who canceled his in-person rallies on Saturday due to bad weather, in the Hawkeye State, polls show.
Former President Donald Trump canceled his rallies in Iowa due to snow on Saturday, but still leads the race, according to polls. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Trump with 53% support among Iowa Republicans, with Haley at 17.8% and DeSantis at 15.5%.
But turnout in Monday’s caucuses, which will last several hours and require voters to participate in person, could be heavily affected by weather conditions, with up to a foot of snow on the ground and temperatures expected to drop to 10 degrees below zero throughout the state.
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