DeSantis: Haley Can’t Rely on Dems to Win the Primaries

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DeSANTIS: "So, she said, and her campaign said, that there’s only two tickets out of Iowa, that the top two out of Iowa would be viable and that she would finish at least second, and then that would be the race. Well, guess what happened? Even though she spent 100% of her money attacking me and not one red cent attacking Donald Trump, and I faced almost $50 million in total, I got in second and she did not. And that's just the reality. And here’s the thing: In Iowa, you can actually show up as a Democrat on the day of the caucus, change your registration, and then participate in the Republican caucus. In New Hampshire, you can’t do that. If you are a declared Democrat, then you can’t vote in the primary. So she was relying on her support for a lot of these Democrats changing their registration on the day of the caucus. And here’s the thing: In Florida, I won a lot more Democrats than previous governors have been able to do. I think it's great in a general election to build a big tent, but to win a Republican primary, you can’t rely on Democrats coming in and changing their registration. You’ve got to be able to win core Republicans. You've got to be able to win conservatives. And she cannot do that. You look at a lot of those folks, because I spoke at these caucuses, I spoke at two caucus sites, you know, a lot of the Trump voters were coming up to me saying, 'You know what? I'm for you in '28' or 'I love what you are doing.' Like, they know I have a great record. None of them like Nikki Haley because they don’t think she shares their values. So she does not have the ability to build the type of coalition that you need to win a publican primary, period, much less take on Donald Trump."