Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ripped into Nikki Haley saying that she is "not a conservative" and was inspired to get into politics by Hillary Rodham Clinton during an appearance on Newsmax.
DeSantis also went after Haley for seeking donors from BlackRock and J.P. Morgan.
Both candidates have been favored by the more hawkish members of the Republican Party over the frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.
Before blasting Haley, DeSantis began by saying that he is “a fighter who represents their conservative principles, and that actually is going to be able to win on all these issues.”
Then, he let her have it. On "Saturday Agenda," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his GOP rival Nikki Haley gets her political inspiration from Hillary Clinton.@GovRonDeSantis @RonDeSantis @RobAstorino pic.twitter.com/4VDdbMTcCA
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 2, 2023
"I think what Haley has done is she’s gotten a lot of support from corporate media, and she’s gotten a lot of support now from from Wall Street interests," DeSantis began. "But that typically is not how it resonates in Iowa, and what I would just say is she clearly is not a conservative."
DeSantis continued, "I think if you look at her record as South Carolina governor, people can’t even identify any major achievements that she had. She actually killed a bill to protect girls and women in bathrooms and locker rooms, which we know has been a big issue. I signed similar, I signed legislation protecting girls and women athletes. She actually attacked me for standing up against Disney when we had the issue with the sexualization of the elementary school curriculum."
The governor pointed out that he is the father of a first grader, a kindergartner, and preschooler and wants to see children learning the "basics" in school.
"You should not be telling a kindergartner that they can change their gender, yet she sided with Disney on that," DeSantis said. "Now she’s bragging that she’s been meeting with people like the head of BlackRock, which is the ESG Mecca, as well as the head of JP Morgan, who was a big Hillary Clinton donor. And there’s actually an ad being run here in Iowa that I saw that shows Nikki talking about in her own words, how her inspiration to get into politics was not Ronald Reagan, not Margaret Thatcher, but Hillary Rodham Clinton." Nikki Haley says she is “thrilled” to have support from left-wing, pro-open border Wall Street CEOs like Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink.
Reminder: Haley will do whatever her donors tell her to do. She would be a tool of Wall Street and the DC Establishment — with the goal of… pic.twitter.com/vXAHsRu34T
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) December 1, 2023 Pro-DEI, pro-amnesty Wall Street CEO and Democrat Jamie Dimon:
"Even if you're a very liberal Democrat, I urge you, help Nikki Haley" become the Republican nominee. pic.twitter.com/lvmbjMAZo7
— Never Back Down (@NvrBackDown24) November 29, 2023
The final GOP debate is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Trump will not be participating.
