“That’s a simple answer. It’s the State of Israel, they’re our toughest allies in the Middle East,” DeSantis said, later adding that “in terms of a two-state solution, I don’t think it’s imaginable to have a two-state solution. ” a state-based solution, while Palestinian Arabs will see it as a stepping stone to Israel’s destruction. “
Florida’s governor also spoke of the need to address the current crisis at the southern border before heading overseas.
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Governor DeSantis at CNN Town Hall (CNN)
“On day one, we’re going to declare a national emergency. I will send the army to the southern border. We’re going to prevent the invasion,” DeSantis said of the current border crisis, before making a repeated statement. complaint about Trump’s handling of border wall construction.
“If Trump had built the border wall, it would have been very difficult for Biden to bring in so many people,” DeSantis told Tapper, echoing his crusade pledge to tax remittances from Mexico to pay for the border wall and criticizing Trump for doing so. . finish a wall.
“Talk is cheap and I’m sick of Republicans using the issue every election cycle to try to get donations and to try to tell the people they’re going to do it. We are going to bring the issue to a conclusion.”
DeSantis continued to attack Trump, who lately has a sizable lead in polls in Iowa and nationally, several times before saying he is the “only” Republican candidate who could beat the former president for the nomination.
President Donald Trump is the favorite in the Republican Party presidential primaries. (Susan Walsh)
“I’m the only candidate who can beat Trump one-on-one. For what? Because the other candidates can’t get enough of the leading Republicans and transitional conservatives. “
“This is another Donald Trump than he was in 2015 and 2016. At the time, it was colorful, but America was the first to get into politics. Now it’s largely because of him,” DeSantis told Tapper. before denouncing the former president for not doing politics. of the 4 presidential primary debates.
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DeSantis also hit Trump on abortion, saying that Trump “flip-flopped” on the “right to life” issue.
DeSantis participated in a city conference with CNN on Tuesday night (Sergio Flores).
As for physical care, DeSantis again criticized Trump for signaling his 2016 campaign that he would repeal Obamacare, but he didn’t.
DeSantis said they “failed because they didn’t have anything to update it. “DeSantis’ crusade would unveil a fitness policy plan in the future, the governor said.
The Republican noted that he believes “the biggest fitness challenge we’ve had in this country in the last 4 or five years has been COVID-19,” adding that “I’m going to hold the agencies accountable that lied to this country. ” “. “, the CDC, the NIH, the FDA, other people like Fauci, all of those things that are harming this country. And yet, no one has been held responsible.
“Another thing we’re going to deal with because health care, the biggest health care issue we’ve had in this country in the last four or five years is COVID 19. I am going to bring a reckoning to those agencies that lied to this country, the CDC, NIH, FDA, people like Fauci, all those things that really harm this country. And yet nobody’s been held accountable.”
Haley and DeSantis clash during the fourth Republican presidential primary debate, which was held on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. (Justin Sullivan)
DeSantis used some of his time to criticize former Ambassador Nikki Haley, who many believe represents his biggest challenge in terms of positioning himself as the alternative to Trump, on issues like social security.
The Florida governor attacked Haley after her key endorsement of Gov. Chris Sununu, R-NH, on Tuesday.
“Not even an activist as smart as Chris would be able to hide the fact that Nikki is a candidate of the status quo. I mean, it’s funded through liberal Democrats in California, like the founder of LinkedIn, other people on Wall Street like the head of JP. Morgan,” DeSantis said. It reflects the failure of the old Republican status quo of yesteryear. We don’t want to go through that again. “
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DeSantis was also asked about his wife Casey’s successful war with breast cancer and praised her decision to get a second opinion after a doctor told her she was absolved, but she still felt like everything was fine and “really fought for herself. “
“When you see someone you love go through chemotherapy and it takes your life and everything they’ve had to go through, as a husband, I’m there, I’m doing what I can to help you and assist you. Family and everything,” DeSantis said.
“But you almost wish I gave him chemo so he wouldn’t have to do it all this time. But it wasn’t fun, but I’d say he’s doing better than ever with his health now. So that’s it. “. it. questions. People’s prayers have been answered.
The Real Clear Politics average of polls in Iowa shows DeSantis with 19. 7 percent of the vote, in second place Trump, who gets 50 percent, and ahead of former ambassador Nikki Haley, who is in third place with 15. 7 percent.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to [email protected].