3 Takeaways From the Trump Town Hall and Haley–DeSantis Debate

Published on January 11, 2024

President Donald Trump on Jan. 10 held a town hall in Iowa as his two leading rivals debated in his shadow. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took shots at each other at a debate hosted by CNN in Des Moines, Iowa. The two other contenders for the nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy failed to meet the heightened requirements to take part in the debate. Also in Des Moines, President Trump fielded questions from voters in a town hall hosted by Fox News, opting again to skip the debate and upstage the competition with count-programming....

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