donald trump and against president biden combined, and $20 million from nikki haley and her groups here in iowa alone, so we ve got a massive disadvantage in terms of what people are driving in a paid format. so events like this tonight gives us the opportunity to stand on stage not just push back, but force finally nikki haley to answer questions about her failed record in south carolina. finally make her answer the question that she has yet to answer, would she consider being donald trump s vice presidential pick, to questions about her unwillingness to admit what she said publicly and on camera, that hillary clinton was her, you know the reason she got into politics in the first place. there are so many unanswered questions. and as we talk about town halls, where nikki haley has stopped taking questions from voters and certainly from the press, tonight she won t be able to hide. and on this stage governor desantis will force her to
she is an attractive candidate. but based on her background she had been governor for what, two years. i don t think she passed the test. being ready? being ready to take over. i think that was a mistake. cheney s daughter tweeted, rarely do i disagree with the best v.p. ever, but sarah palin more qualified than obama and biden combined. and mccain fired back on fox news. the fact is that i am proud of sarah palin. reporter: the dustup is a sign that cheney is back. 12 years ago he became the most prominent republican to endorse gay marriage. last year his daughter, mary cheney, married her partner, heather po. cheney revealed to us he didn t go. how was mary s wedding? sure it was fine. wished them well. she wanted to avoid having it be a media circus or having it become part of the political debate. reporter: while we were with him, he ran into a 12-year-old boy tommy who had two heart transplants. you had two, i had one. you are ahead of me.
i like governor palin. i have met her. i know her. she is an attractive candidate but based on her background, she had only been a governor for, what, two years. i don t think she passed that test. being ready? of being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. bill: well, mr. cheney has certainly stirred up some controversy. his own daughter liz tweeted, quote: rarely do i disagree with the best vice president ever but sarah palin is more qualified than obama and owe biden combined. huge respect for all she has done for the republic party. talking points believes sarah palin did help the mccain campaign overall no matter who they would have chosen they would not have beaten barack obama. he promised hope. mr. mccain had no answer to that and failed to aggressively expose his opponent s weaknesses. that s what happened.
i ve met her. i know her. she s an attractive candidate but based on her background she had only been governor for, what, two years. i don t think she passed that test. being ready? being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. it was only a few hours later when cheney s own daughter liz had to smooth over her father s rough remarks. rarely do i disagree with the best vp ever but sarah palin more qualified than obama and biden combined. huge respect for what she s done for the gop. liz cheney needs the palin constituency on her side if she mounts a run for office. hence the rapid smackdown of her dad. senator john mccain was also quick to dismiss the cheney, the elder. i m always glad to get comments four years later. look, i respect the vice president. he and i had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not.
to the tea party and other fringe conservative elements, look no further than dick cheney s interview with abc news. he was asked about the vp selection process and noted that john mccain s selection of sarah palin was not well handled. i like governor palin. i have met her, i know her. she s an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she had only been a governor for two years, i don t think she passed that test. being ready? of being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. it was only a few hours later when cheney s own daughter liz had to smooth over her father s rough remarks. she tweeted, rarely do i disagree with best vp ever, but sarah palin was more qualified than obama and biden combined. huge respect for all she s done for the gop. she needs the palin constituency on her side if she runs for