To deal with russia. We want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. Abby, whats your take away . I think what youre raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. But she was speaking to a national audience. She was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. But she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. I thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. This was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. Bush era, incredibly hawkish on Foreign Policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether its on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. But i was keeping track. It took her 70 minutes to say the word woke after she was ask
to deal with russia. we want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. abby, what s your take away? i think what you re raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. but she was speaking to a national audience. she was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. but she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. i thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. this was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. bush era, incredibly hawkish on foreign policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether it s on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. but i was keeping track. it took her 70 minutes to say the word woke a
i think she s distinguished herself from vice president pence and from governor christie and some of the other candidates just in terms of her style, her ability to connect, her authenticity, her energy, and the generational argument that she makes. both she and tim scott are exceptional points of pride for the people of south carolina. they re not running campaigns where they re in need of attacking each other. they re running campaigns where their opponent is donald trump. and so i think that you have to distinguish among these candidates not necessarily by tiers but by the campaigns they re running, the issues they re talking about, and really the energy they have and the staying power that they have when you re starting to talk about money, when you re starting to talk about donor viability and stuff like that. i think the larger point that nikki has to contend with is simply this. like if you want if you want
you have been watching nikki haley making her case about why she should be the republican nominee for president of the united states. the former south carolina governor and u.n. ambassador was pressed by iowa voters and jake tapper on abortion, guns, ukraine, china, her former boss, donald trump, ron desantis versus disney, and the gop issue this election cycle, so-called woke-ism. we re going to talk about all of that after we discuss one specific thing, which is abortion. that seems to be, just in talking to republicans as they ve been watching this, maybe the biggest headline when it comes to this race for the nomination. she declined to say where she stands on a new law in her home state of south carolina and beyond. she did differentiate herself from donald trump and desantis on the issue of ukraine and how
say, hey, i can use the election integrity line here and not offend those who are enthralled with donald trump and the maga movement and committed to the election lies without subscribing myself to the election lies. to your point, abbey, if indeed she s the nominee and if this progresses, it seems to me she s going to be pressed to take a much firmer stand when it comes to the integrity of elections and accepting election results and whether or not there s a place for any kind of lies about the but it also puts into question maybe it puts into focus actually where she thinks she needs to play in order to get the most votes. and it isn t against donald trump right now. it s against ron desantis and the other people running against donald trump because there are others who argue the only way to really topple donald trump is to really take him on. and the only way you re going to be the nominee is if you take on the front-runner. she s not there right now. she knows it s early, s