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ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley 's birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals. She has always gone by her middle name, “Nikki.” She took the surname “Haley” upon her marriage in 1996. Haley has dismissed Trump's latest attacks as proof that she threatens his bid for a third consecutive nomination. Trump has a long history of using race, ethnicity and immigrant heritage as a cudgel. He was born in Hawaii, though Trump spent years asserting Obama had manufactured the story and a birth certificate to support it.
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Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Iowa evangelical leader, endorsed Ron DeSantis for president Tuesday, boosting the Florida governor as he goes all in on the leadoff caucus state in an effort to trip up Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Vander Plaats is the second major backer DeSantis has picked up in Iowa this month, joining popular Gov. “I think America would be well served to have a choice, and I really believe Ron DeSantis should be that guy,” he said. Vander Plaats, who is prominent in the anti-abortion movement, has questioned the former president's commitment to an abortion ban. He met with Vander Plaats earlier this year in Tallahassee, the Florida capital.
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A main focus of Trump's attacks has been Social Security - the federal pension system - and Medicare. I will always protect Social Security and Medicare for our great seniors." Today, party leaders and many Republican voters oppose reforming Social Security and Medicare because so many Americans rely on the programs. They are reliant on Social Security and Medicare and they worry about this stuff," Feehery said. INSULTS KEEP COMINGThere is so far no clear polling on how Trump's attacks on entitlement spending have impacted DeSantis.
DeSantis says he "doesn't know how to spell" Trump's nickname for him, Ron DeSanctimonious. "I don't really know what it means," DeSantis told Piers Morgan. Ron DeSantis said he doesn't really know what former President Donald Trump's nickname for him, "Ron DeSanctimonious," means. "I don't really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it's long, it's got a lot of vowels. "I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner," DeSantis told Morgan.
Donald Trump is privately workshopping some fresh nicknames for Ron DeSantis, Bloomberg reports. Trump denied a report from The New York Times that he wanted to call DeSantis "Meatball Ron." Ron DeSantis, Bloomberg reports. Among the insults Trump is considering for DeSantis are "Tiny D," "Ron DisHonest," and "Ron DeEstablishment," Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed Trump allies. However, Trump refuted a February 12 report from The New York Times that said he was considering the nickname "Meatball Ron" for DeSantis.
Chris Christie said the "half-full" crowd at CPAC this weekend is a sign of Trump's unpopularity. Christie said Trump may be the GOP's 2024 frontrunner now, but he's not as powerful as he was before. Chris Christie said the small crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend shows how much former President Donald Trump's popularity has waned. "You saw the scenes at CPAC, that room was half-full," Christie said during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. Christie said that "only the most desperate people showed up at CPAC to even speak, other than Trump or people within Trump's orbit."
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