good evening and welcome to new hampshire, home to the first republican presidential primary of 2024, just one week from today. we are live in new england college for cnn s town hall with republican presidential candidate and florida governor, ron desantis. governor desantis is one of three republicans left standing in the race for the white house. he s here, less than 24 hours after his hard-fought, second place finish in the iowa caucuses. where he merrily edged out former south carolina governor nikki haley but trailed former president donald trump by nearly 30 points. tonight governor desantis will answer questions directly from new hampshire voters on the issues that will help determine who wins the republican nomination and i will ask questions of my own. in the audience are voters who say they plan to participate in the new hampshire republican primary, both registered republicans and undeclared voters who aren t registered with either major party but are still allowed
and i will have some questions of my own. in the audience are voters who say, they plan to participate in new hampshire, republican primary, both registered republicans, and undeclared voters who aren t registered with either major, party but are still allowed to participate in the primary elections. to cast a very wide net from various organizations, and business groups, and conservative advocacy. just of the desantis campaign and governor desantis, and a chance to hear directly from the candidate. now ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor ron desantis. before you get to folks of the audience, and as you mention, it is a donald trump cruised to victory. what can you do from stopping him from showing another big win here in new hampshire next week? look, i think it was the former president of the united states, he is one of the most famous people who has effer been in environment politics, and still had roughly half the iowa caucus goers. and there is an a
now. live from drake university in des moines, iowa, this is the cnn republican presidential debate. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world watching us on cnn. cnn max, cnn international, cnn in espanol, and cnn.com. good evening. i m jake tapper moderating tonight s debate alongside my friend and colleague dana bash. and just five days from now, voters here in iowa will cast the first votes of the 2024 presidential race. tonight the very first one-on-one matchup between top contenders, governor ron desantis and former governor and u.n. ambassador nikki haley. former president trump met the requirements for tonight s debate but declined to participate. our commitment in this debate is to provide as much information as possible to voters, especially here in iowa before the first contests begin next week. so in choosing topics, we focused on the issues important to republicans. let s bring out the candidates now. please welcome florida
[applause] live from drake university in des moines, iowa, this is the cnn republican presidential debate. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, watching us on cnn, cnn max, cnn international, cnn en español, and cnn. com. good evening, i m jake tapper, motoring tonight s debate, alongside my friend and colleague dana bash. and just five days from now, voters here in iowa will cast the first votes of the 2024 presidential race. tonight, the very first one-on-one matchup between top contenders, governor ron desantis and former governor and u. n. ambassador nikki haley. former president trump met the requirements for tonight s debate, but declined to participate. our commitment in this debate is to provide as much information as possible to voters, especially here in iowa, before the first contests begin next week. so in choosing topics, we focused on the issues important to republicans. let s bring out the candidates now. please
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