The rivalry between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump deepened as the two leading Republican Presidential candidates staged dueling events in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire.
We got an insight into the GOP race for the White House. And beyond the usual rhetoric we’ve come to expect, the conflicting events demonstrated each candidate’s evolving strategy.
Trump offered his traditional, free-wheeling speech for more than an hour but didn’t take questions.
Reporters covering the event were confined to a pen, chaperoned to the bathroom.
Trump accused the governor of supporting cuts to Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs as a way to tame federal spending.
He also hit out at his favourite targets.
DeSantis vowed to “actually” build the U.S.-Mexico border wall that Trump tried but failed to complete as president.
DeSantis, asked about people who had twice voted for Trump because of his promises to “drain the swamp” in Washington used his answer to draw some of his sharpest contrasts yet with the former president.
DeSantis has tried to gain ground on Trump by questioning the former president’s continued hold on the national Republican party.
Trump remains way ahead in the polls. And the investigations into him only propel his popularity even further. #featured #trump #desantis #biden #republican
