then tonight, nikki haley said something that i m sure will end up on social media. she want ed the raise the socia security age. we have been doing this a long time. social security is a killer in a general election for somebody a that wants to raise the age. she did specify for younger voters. but by context, you re right. tiktok is not going to like that. we have to take a break here. we will back in a moment. up next, governor desantis made a pretty big claim about doing more than president biden to help americans who are in israel after october 7th. we ll have a fact check on that and more comments from tonight s debate, in just a moment.
he s right about, actually. in the tape, he said smoked, smoked notsenior advisers who are projecting confidence in new hampshire. that donald trump is going to win. they are pouring $4.5 million in advertisements hitting nikki haley on immigration in new hampshire. maga inc. is attacking just nickly haley. clearly, despite the confidence, there is some concern there. it s come out in the businessing numbers and where they are putting the focus. he was asked about comments he has made in the past, blaming people that are pro-life. many of them across the country.
answers? this should be the lowest hanging fruit. but bigger picture takeaway, i think ron desantis won with the base, on donald trump, on fauci, on not doing enough to quell the blm protest. i think nikki haley won the night. acknowledging that joe biden won the election. acknowledging that climate change exists. talking about future looking policy. at the end of the day, donald trump is the overwhelming presence here and they barely touched him. donald trump during this was truthing out at the candidates. went after nikki haley more than ron desantis. it s hard to see how they will overtake him while barely laying a finger on him. it seems small. the debate seems small for some reason. seemed like people bickering back and forth is lost in the
the two of them were so busy in this cage match with each other, you almost just didn t even notice that there was a trump of it all. that s critically important in iowa where he is leadling. i don t know. i thought, who won the debate? it s unclear. there was so much back and forth. it s hard to see the forest through the trees with these two. on nikki haley s part, she has to solidify where she is. she seemed flustered, frustrated. she said on multiple occasions that desantis was demeaning her, which seemed to imply she was taking it personally. i don t think it helped her. two sets of tactics for each candidate differently. you re right. there s not a lot of direct confrontation with trump. but haley, with christie out of the race. trump lost, biden won.
candidates were unable to answer that question with a yes or a no? i don t think they are unable. the candidates talk about what they are going to deliver. they re not going to do the trump question. that gets the headlines. but they re there to earn the trust and the votes of the iowa voters. effectively a neck and neck race. desantis says he is going to win iowa. not the expectations on haley s side. she is doing well. getting out there, earning the votes, not worried about what the other candidates do. i m not surprised at all. n nikkk took on trump strong. there s no question where nikki stands. she s not playing for second base. she has made it clear where she stands on donald trump. it s not just that it gets headlines, with all due respect.