WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination are ratcheting up their attacks on her as Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting draws closer. The barbed news releases, attack ads and amped-up back-and-forth come as the former South Carolina governor and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis battle for a distant second place to former President Donald Trump. DeSantis and Haley each appeared on CNN Thursday night for separate town halls in Iowa. Trump’s campaign has long trained his focus on DeSantis but has increasingly shifted its target to Haley. DeSantis jumped on her for saying Wednesday night that voters in New Hampshire would have the opportunity to “correct” the decision made by Iowa caucusgoers.
