{"id":13844,"date":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/rival-gop-presidential-campaigns-fire-off-thoughts-on-ron-desantis-fox-news-town-hall\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:06:07","slug":"rival-gop-presidential-campaigns-fire-off-thoughts-on-ron-desantis-fox-news-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/rival-gop-presidential-campaigns-fire-off-thoughts-on-ron-desantis-fox-news-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Rival GOP presidential campaigns fire off thoughts on Ron DeSantis\u2019 Fox News town hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination took aim at the populist presidential candidate after his Tuesday town hall event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">DeSantis joined Fox News for a town hall event in the Hawkeye State ahead of the famous Iowa Caucus, where the governor spoke on inflation and government accountability and took questions from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Following DeSantis\u2019 town hall discussion with Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, though, the Florida governor\u2019s GOP rivals fired off their thoughts on his performance.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump\u2019s campaign went off during the town hall event, attacking DeSantis\u2019 record on the COVID-19 pandemic and claiming in one post that the Florida governor \u2018issued some of the most draconian Covid restrictions of anywhere in the United States.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In another post, the Trump campaign wrote, \u2018Ron DeSanctimonious PRAISES Trump\u2019s COVID Task Force, says Fauci and Birx were doing a good job,\u2019 with a clip of DeSantis from during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Ron DeSantis and his allies have set him up for devastating failure,\u2019 the Trump campaign tweeted. \u2018Everything he does is one giant astroturf that will be exposed in just a few short days.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign also shared a CNN clip that the campaign said \u2018exposed\u2019 the governor as a \u2018massive COVID hypocrite.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018MUST WATCH: DeSantis EXPOSED as MASSIVE COVID HYPOCRITE, repeatedly praised Fauci and his policies during the pandemic,\u2019 Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley\u2019s campaign chirped at DeSantis during his town hall, too, slamming the governor over his answers to various questions, from inflation to his polling numbers against President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018RON DESANTIS on inflation: \u2018This was created by Washington,\u2019\u2019 Haley\u2019s campaign tweeted on Tuesday. \u2018Uh, Ron, you were in Washington and you voted to increase the debt limit.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Tonight, Iowa voters saw a desperate, flailing Ron DeSantis trying to cover up his record of banning fracking and drilling in Florida, and voting to increase the debt limit in Congress. The more DeSantis loses, the more he lies,\u2019 AnnMarie Graham-Barnes, Haley campaign spokesperson, told Fox News Digital following the town hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018FUN FACT: Ron DeSantis performs the worst against Biden,\u2019 Haley\u2019s campaign wrote in another tweet. \u2018LOL.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018Question from voter: Why is it so hard for you to win over conservatives?\u2019 another tweet from Haley\u2019s camp read. \u2018Ron DeSantis: Word [salad emoji].\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked for comment, DeSantis\u2019 campaign pointed to a tweet by the governor slamming Haley and Trump and sharing a clip of his comments from his Fox News town hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Donald Trump\u2019s running for his issues. Nikki Haley\u2019s running for her donors\u2019 issues,\u2019 DeSantis wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m running for your issues, your family\u2019s issues, and to turn this country around,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-embed\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis was the second GOP presidential candidate this week to hold a Fox News town hall ahead of the Iowa Caucus next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor is vying for the GOP nomination to take on President Biden for the White House in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the battle for the nomination is far from over: DeSantis will have to get through Haley and Trump to get the Republican Party\u2019s coveted nod.<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination took aim at the populist presidential candidate after his Tuesday town hall event. 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