No More Debates With DeSantis, Only Trump Or Biden – One America News Network

January 16, 2024 Sophia Flores US 0

US President Donald Trump meets with Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Oval office of the White House on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. - Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday as the US ambassador to the United Nations, in the latest departure from President Donald Trump's national security team. Meeting Haley in the Oval Office, Trump said that Haley had done a "fantastic job" and would leave at the end of the year. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP) (Photo credit should read OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) — US President Donald Trump meets with Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Oval office of the White House on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC
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OAN’s Brennan Cooney
12:38 PM – Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she will not debate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis again in the 2024 Republican primary. She is only open to debating presidents Donald Trump or Joe Biden.

Following Trump’s historic win in the Iowa Caucus on Monday, Haley’s (R-S.C.) campaign released a statement saying Trump, who has so far skipped Republican debates citing his lead, “has nowhere to hide.”

“We’ve had five great debates in this campaign,” the former South Carolina governor said. “Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them. He has nowhere left to hide. The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it.”

After her statement, the Florida governor accused Haley of dodging a rematch with him saying she’s “afraid of tough questions” and is only running to be President Donald Trump’s vice president.

“The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to be Trump’s VP,” DeSantis (R-Fla.) said on X.

Nikki Haley is afraid to debate because she doesn’t want to answer the tough questions such as how she got rich off Boeing after giving them millions in taxpayer handouts as governor of South Carolina.

The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to…

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 16, 2024