laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington. tricky for nikki is the focus of tonight s angle. on paper, nikki haley has a lot going for her, former two-term dpfrn of south carolina, former un ambassador to donald trump, business woman, daughter of immigrants. just ask jeb bush how much resumes count in politics. republican voters do not trust politicians who claim to be common sense conservatives when their record shows the opposite and they side with garb that got them into the mess we re in right now. last night popular conservatives took on haley and challenged issues like protecting girl s private space in locker rooms and bathrooms. he did not think bathroom bills were a good use of his time. i signed a bathroom bill in florida, obviously not true. you killed it. i stood up for little girls, sign the bill, she did not. laura: interesting move, afterall haley is only woman on the stage, fact she has decided to lean into, even though republican valu
from washington tonight. thank you so much for being with us. tricky for nice. that s the focus of tonight s angle. tawrtd of immigrant parent, an attractive political resume. the undeniable fact is republican voters do not trust politicians who claim to be common sense conservatives when their actual record shows the opposite and that they cited the same old guard that helped get us into the messes we are in right now. last night s news nation debate was a smackdown with both ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy both populist conservatives taking on haley and challenging her real views and record on issues like protecting girls private space in locker rooms and bathrooms. he said he didn t think bathroom bills were a good use of his time. look that up. i signed a bathroom bill in florida so that s obviously not true. i signed it. you didn t. you killed it. i signed it. i stood up for little girls. you didn t do it. i signed the bill. i protected the girls. do you know sou
republican party ran a hard line anti-abortion activist for governor, and they thereby lost a governorship that the republican party, by all rights, really should have won. the beltway diagnosis of what went wrong there is probably best stated in the washington post editorial about that election today, which called ken cuccinelli a hero to the tea party and a culture warrior of the first rank. they do not mean that as a compliment, though. they say, quote, mr. cuccinelli lost because he was among the most polarizing and provocative figures in richmond for a decade. the cuccinelli record had nothing to do with job creation or the state s economic well-being or alleviating deepening transportation problems, all of which are central to virginians well-being. his record was mainly about bashing homosexuals, harassing illegal immigrants, crusading against abortion, denying climate change, flirting with birthers, and opposing gun control. so that s the washington post. the beltway diagn