DeSantis, Scott and Haley... that's it so far. A real murderer's row of intellectual acumen, experienced wisdom and out of the box thinking. No wonder Trump is sure he's going to win their nomination. He's got zero competition.
At least when Trump lies - it's more often than not - some BS about himself or something he's done or is planning to do.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/2024-gop-presidential-candidate-nikki-haleys-anti-trans-dylan-mulvaney-rhetoric-falls-flat-in-new-hampshire
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—When Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley stepped onstage Wednesday morning at a campaign event at Saint Anselm College, she had a question for the crowd.
"Everybody know about Dylan Mulvaney?” Haley asked. “Bud Light? That is a guy, dressed as a girl, making fun of women.”
To the GOP’s hardcore base, Dylan Mulvaney needs no introduction. The transgender content creator who partnered with Budweiser has been the target of vicious attacks and sustained indignation for weeks, largely thanks to a seemingly endless stream of segments on Fox News.
But in the crowd at Saint Anselm College’s “Politics & Eggs” event, packed with New Hampshire’s famously independent voters, this anti-transgender broadside was not met with applause but silence.
Voters in the room appeared largely unaware of the Bud Light controversy. When Haley waited for applause, they didn’t clap.
It wasn’t the only moment during Haley’s stop at the seminal New Hampshire campaign event when her conservative culture war messaging seemed out of place.
Earlier in her stump speech, for instance, Haley declared she was “unapologetically pro-life,” a staple GOP applause line that received a muted response from the crowd.
It distilled a key challenge for the former South Carolina governor, who wants to appeal to Republicans and independents turned off by Donald Trump but is leveraging other issues, like abortion and all things “woke,” to maintain her credibility with the party base.
Still, Haley’s positioning made news on Wednesday. When asked by a younger voter directly if she would support a national abortion ban, Haley did not specify a specific restriction—like ending abortions at six weeks or 15 weeks—but said she would sign it if it reached her desk.
Given the virtually non-existent chance the GOP would command 60 votes for an abortion ban anytime soon, Haley’s answer was largely theoretical, something she herself acknowledged.
