Former President Donald Trump won Iowa without showing up to debates. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in second. Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley came in third.
Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out. Asa Hutchinson is still there…I think. I even had to look up his name! I kept thinking of Asa Buchanan, the former head honcho on One Life to Live!
Just saw that Asa suspended his campaign.
This morning, though, Haley said she won’t debate unless Trump shows up or it’s against President Joe Biden:
We’ve had five great debates in this campaign. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them. He has nowhere left to hide. The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it.
We saw a few Republicans demand everyone drop out after Trump won by 30 points in Iowa.
DeSantis already accepted invitations to participate in future debates.
DeSantis also lashed out at Haley’s decision:
Nikki Haley is afraid to debate because she doesn’t want to answer the tough questions such as how she got rich off Boeing after giving them millions in taxpayer handouts as governor of South Carolina.The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to be Trump’s VP.I won’t snub New Hampshire voters like both Nikki Haley and Donald Trump, and plan to honor my commitments. I look forward to debating two empty podiums in the Granite State this week.
Trump has not addressed Haley’s decision on Truth Social.
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