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♪ >> this week c-span was on the road in iowa as presidential candidates brought along surrogates to help make their case to caucus-goers.

with three weeks to go until the first in the nation contest. here matt gaetz stumping for former president donald trump in iowa. see governor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage. we will also look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the colorado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits.

next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the general and the whole general election will be all of this legal stuff. it is unfair. they are abusing power 100%. the question is, will that work? they have a playbook i think will work unfortunately and it will give biden, the democrat and escape through this thing. that is their plan. what they don't want is to have somebody like me who will make the election not about those other issues but will make the election of the failures of biden, the failures of the left and how we will be able to turn the country around. if that is how the elections are

framed, we will win. >> they are using an unconstitutional maneuver that is a pastor to station of the 14th -- pastored -- bastardi zation of the 14th amendment. this is a hollowed out husk of what the country was built on. the basic principle that we the people pick our leadership. that is why i am making a pledge today that i will withdraw, i pledged to withdraw from the colorado gop primary ballot unless and until donald trump's name is restored. and i demand that ron desantis and chris christie and nikki haley do the same thing or else these republicans are complicit in this unconstitutional light attack on the way we conduct our

constitutional republic. >> i will tell you that i don't think donald trump should be president. [indiscernible] we don't need to have judges making this decision. i want to see that it is in the hands of the people and we will win it the right way. we will do the right thing. >> president biden reacted to the news from the colorado supreme court while arriving for a visit to milwaukee. let's listen. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> is that an insurrection, sir? president biden: no question

about it. none. zero. anyway, i've got to go. >> next, we are in cedar rapids, iowa where matt gaetz of florida spoke to republican caucus-goers telling them why he was supporting the former president's 2024 bid. >> we have to have the strength and with all due respect to the other republicans running for president, there is one man with the experience and drive and vision to lead our party and our movement and that is donald j. trump. [applause] how did it get this way? how did it get this way where the agencies were turned against us? where our budget was not in line with our thinking of how to

appropriate dollars before our border was exploded? the reason is because washington, d.c. is a fundamentally corrupt place. for how to -- for far too long it is been the same special interests that have bought off the people in both political parties. and so it has mattered less who was in control of what branch or what body or what caucus because far too many of the people in washington, d.c. are working for the same special interests. that is why president trump is so dangerous to them. because they know he cannot be bought he cannot be corrupted. he cannot be persuaded. because in washington, d.c., first they try to buy you off and then they try to compromise you and then they tried to destroy you. i know. i've been through it. what i can tell you is like president trump when you come out the other side you are stronger and you have the armor

of god and the visioning capability to go forward and dismantle these systems. it is why i am so enthusiastically for president trump because he sees it and knows it and gets it. when you observe all they are put through it makes you want to rededicate yourself more. when i see the phony charges and the misuse of the criminal system and when i see them try to bankrupt and jailed this man it makes me want to book that trip to iowa. it makes me want to call people to come and caucus. and that is what we have that these other astroturfed movements don't have to. there is no other group coming to save this nation. we have to utilize patriots and know the stakes and what is before us. ginger and i travel all over the country to encourage our america first brothers and sisters and

we do it on the west coast, east coast and all over. in some places people wonder how they can have a role. maybe they don't have a really swing senate district where they live. they really have to think about how to become digital warriors or donate financially to a campaign in another part of the country. but you are right here where all the action is at the tip of the spear. this is what's going to happen on caucus night. we are going to be either a divided movement, a divided party that will stumble off to new hampshire and south carolina and super tuesday with republicans spending tens of millions of dollars fighting each other while the democrats continue to prop whatever version of joe they have and him out on the stage or you can deliver such a resounding victory in the iowa caucus that

we had knowledge this is a specific moment for a specific man and our party and fellow conservatives and like-minded independents and democrats will join us to get the nation back. and that is what we need. [applause] and we have a president right now who has invited all of this misbehavior around the world because he is so weak and feeble and disorganized. president trump was a little more unpredictable. he used a sharp hung that he kept the dictators around the world on their best behavior. and i does what a strong leader can do. and that does not make him a dictator or make us extremist. it just means that we love our nation as we showed and we are willing to fight and do whatever is necessary to protect and defend her. so what i need from all of you at the tip of the spear and front line of the fight with the first positive voice in this

upcoming caucus contest, go out and recruit 10 captains that can recruit another people to commit and show up to caucus. my only worry is low turnout. i don't want our fellow patriots thinking the caucus is different from an election. i don't know how that works. i don't know what i have to do. do i have to give a speech? remember, the other side is so nasty right now and so vile and offputting and odious with everything they are trying to do to counsel is online, hunt us in real life. in these days leading up to the caucus come you are our brand ambassadors. you are carrying the trump brand as you recruit these captains. so be inviting. while things are challenging, this is the team that will do it and i'm so very proud to have all of you on my team. thank you for letting me fight for you in washington. thank you for all you do for the

hawkeye state and for president trump. let's go caucus, let's go win, let's get to the 75% and let's go get them. thank you so much. >> president trump, -- we have to be willing to say no. how are you, man? nice to meet you. what is your name? >> beau. >> i will redo this. >> [indiscernible] >> 1, 2, 3 -- >> thank you for coming out. >> i am a huge fan of senator grassley. he has done a great job of getting a lot of the investigative work out. i don't think we would know all that we know about the bidens

without senator grassley. >> how about the representatives? >> he is interacting with people. >> you have been turned into the volunteer camera guy. all right. nice to meet you too. >> i think we have a photographer. >> thank you for all you do for president trump. it means a lot.

>> 1, 2, 3 -- >> thanks a lot. >> your next. -- you are next.

>> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> 1, 2, 3 -- thanks for coming out. >> governor ron desantis also

brought a surrogate to the hawkeye state last weekend. he was with thomas massie who told the crowd why he was supporting the governor's presidential bid. let's listen. >> i think this is the first presidential candidate who has ever come out in favor of legislation that would limit his power as a president. that is remarkable. [applause] but, on the way over here he was telling me about something and florida and i asked if he had done it with executive order and the answer was always i got it got -- i got it passed through the legislature. it is the hard work, that is the hard work of -- that is the hard way of doing things. everything you have put in place will be in place after you are gone. we debated that act and had a hearing on it in my judiciary subcommittee.

jim jordan wanted me to chair the subcommittee on antitrust and i thought that is kind of complicated. isn't that the government going in and punishing winners and losers or picking the winners and losers? he said, i will rename it to the subcommittee on administrative law regulatory reform and antitrust. and i said, administrative law? that is 95% of the government. you're going to give me jurisdiction over that? so i took it. yeah, you can have hearings on rall milk or whatever you want. i've been doing that. i held a hearing on the fact that the for me -- not by busting them up and having the government sit there with guards saying are you colluding but by giving small processors on farmers and consumers power to get the usda out of their lives. [applause] >> you know another thing we

will do that is kind of like because the administrator say is uncountable, you have the department of education with swat teams. we are going to eliminate that nonsense. they should not be militarized, politically weaponized and now they are militarized and that is unacceptable. you will see irs agents, department of education, that is a nonstarter for me. they should not be wilting that power. -- wielding that power. >> governor, as soon as i heard that he was endorsing jo i just wanted you to know -- he was endorsing you, i wanted you to know you have my support. why does your message to those voters that if you wanted them to know one thing about you before they voted? >> i will let thomas answer that but i think what he would say is

talking about second amendment rights. very important. when was a time when our rights were most in jeopardy? during covid. who was willing to stand up? very few. i was one of those that was willing to stand up and take the heat and the attacks to make sure my people were able to work, go to school and make their own decisions. we band vaccine passports in florida. we band covid vaccine mandates unemployment. and we made sure that that was not being weaponized against people. in terms of liberty, that was the number one threat to liberty that we have faced and certainly in my lifetime. and very few were able to stand up. not only did we stand up that we beat fauci on those things.

my gateway to understanding the constitution was the second amendment. if you did not have constitutional carrying i would not have come here today. thank you forgetting that past, you guys in the legislature. my gateway was the second amendment and it was my litmus test. ask a politician about the second amendment and if they start their sentence with duck hunting, [baah] i'm not voting for you. that -- and ron gets it. my litmus test is different. the day before they started the "slow the spread," i saw it coming.

i feared the infringement on our liberties would be greater than fdr's putting of japanese citizens into camps. they got mad at that but what i said was true. and there are still republicans -- there are still presidential candidates who don't get this. there is one presidential candidate who is responsible for perp -- for perpetuating some of this journey. i was taking the brunt of that. and there are some candidates that we don't know where they were during covid. i think they were trying to sell drugs and more data to the government on people. and then there are people that went along to get along. all of those people constitutionally are disqualified for service. [applause]

and the governor put his finger on it, the greatest threat to liberty that is happened in my adult lifetime was during covid and this is the only guy that was fighting when it could have cost him his position in government. >> thank you. i appreciate you guys, thank you. thank you. what is that sign? thank you. there you go. i appreciate you so much. >> thank you so much. all right, good deal. how are you feeling, man? would you like a photo? >> you need three quarters of

the state to ratify. if someone were to do something crazy, you won't have three quarters of a state to ratify. [indiscernible] you would have three quarters of the state that are not going to budge on a lot of things that are fundamental. it is hard to do. the only way you would be able to do anything on things that are popular like term limits, you have to get votes from each state. thank you. of course. thank you for coming. do you want to do one? hold on, hold on.

>> [indiscernible] >> it would be in japan? wow, tell him thanks. >> florida? >> you know these are obsolete now, right? got it? all right. how are you? thank you. i appreciate you guys. thank you so much. thank you, thank you. >> we love you, brother.

>> thank you for coming. >> how are you, buddy? >> thanks for coming. >> congressman massey spoke to a news reporter following the event. he said it was possible that governor desantis would outperform expectations but likely would not beat front runner donald trump in next month's caucus. an interview with a reporter from the des moines register. he told us about the status of the gop race there. >> some polling on the republican presideia race. whate und is that donald

trump s increased his support from earlier and he has majority of the support at 51%. ron desantis has 19%. nikki haley, 16%. those are the only candidates above 5%. those are the three that have significant support and operations in iowa going into the caucus debate. >> we covered a couple of events in iowa from the last weekend. why does the role of the surrogates and do iowans care? >> people want to prove -- .2 support in communities. ron desantis has dozens of legislative endorsements including governor kim reynolds. she has been out on the trail campaigning for him. interestingly, we polled on this also and our polling shows 31%

of republican caucus-goers say they are more likely to vote for desantis. 14% said they are less likely. 54% said it does not matter to them at all. iowans --they like to make up their own minds. they are going into caucus night considering all of the supporters but ultimately making a decision themselves. as far as reynolds goes, trump has tried to cut into this advantage in his campaign is running ads with the governor praising him during past rallies before the current presidential race was underway. it makes it seem she was endorsing him when in fact she has endorsed desantis. >> you have been out on the trail in recent days. what was that experience like? >> nikki haley has lagged behind

desantis and trump. desantis has had dozens of people on the ground in iowa and donald trump has a civic has -- has a sophisticated ground game which did not have before. nikki haley is saving some of her money -- nikki haley is using some of the money she saved from before. she has about 10 full-time staffers and dozens of doorknocker is encouraging people to come in caucus for her. she has support to help her close the gap. she holds town hall events and takes questions from the crowd. she is a polished speaker and good at taking audience questions. she had 300 people add an event last night and davenport, one of

her bigger ones on the swing. she has been slower to visit iowa. she has not done a 99 county tour like desantis. she will be upping her travel. she had a trip of five days with 10 campaign events. >> with two weeks to go until the caucuses, what will it be like on the ground for voters and candidates in iowa? >> online or on your tv screens, there are a lot of candidates attacking each other. particularly ron desantis and haley as they try to position themselves as the main challenger to donald trump. they are not going after donald trump as much on the error but they are going after each other. donald trump is running ads with reynolds praising him from the past.

all are promoting themselves. you might get someone knocking on your door or get text messages telling you, come to a candidate event or come and caucus on january 15. there will be a lot of last-minute action by these campaigns to get people to events and get them out on a cold january 15 night to caucus. >> what are you and your colleagues looking for? >> the caucuses break late. we look for a late surge of support. some candidate could gain a little momentum. i think it will be a matter of degrees as far as results in iowa. donald trump had a big lead. we never saw someone with that big of a lead get -- at the

caucus. whatever the margin is, they will look to make that a win for them. degrees matter. turn out organization matter. have to get your people out on a very specific night at a specific time to go caucus for you. it is different than the primary. the organization and ability to get people motivated to turned out really matters. >> i look at -- a look at how republican -- a peek into a meeting of the boone county gop where locals were welcomed to ask questions about how the caucus process works in what they can expect -- and what they can expect next month. >> what is a caucus? this was before i knew c-span was coming. what is a caucus? people want to know the

difference between a caucus and a primary. when you want to know something, what do you do? you look in the dictionary. a primary is run by the state. a caucus is a closed meeting of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy in iowa this means a political party itself run the caucus. it is not run by the state or the county or anybody. this is for all of our friends not in iowa that may be listening to this. briefly, this is what we would like the rest of the country to know about the republican iowa caucus. you have to be a registered republican leaving -- living in your precinct to vote in person. it is a one evening only event

with no absentee voting. we use paper ballots counted by hand. no one out-of-state can vote though you can attend as a visitor such as the media. that is it. >> can i touch on a couple of things? regarding after i get done and turn it over to the caucus, i think we should run through a little bit of what happens at the precincts. once the caucus -- once everything is adjourned to the individual precincts, there is a chairperson and a secretary and the first order of business they will do is to have a vote. >> they will vote themselves as permanent chair and permanent secretary. >> that way they will have someone conduct the meeting and

the secretary is as important if not more so because they report the meeting as -- they report the information as far as addresses. >> i thought it was temporary -- >> it is temporary until you're booted in as permanent. >> you have to have someone running it so that's why you call it a temporary chair and secretary. nine times out of 10 they become the permanent secretary and chair. i jabbed out a temporary one to get the process started and then legally you vote them in as permanent. does that make sense? it looks like a formality. >> they are already chosen. the temporary cheers and secretaries are already chosen and they know they will be going to their precinct and nominate themselves -- i nominate myself

or someone from the group can do it -- most generally, no one challenges it because nobody wants to be a chairman. [laughter] or the secretary. >> the next thing we need to dust us because -- the next thing we need to discuss is -- >> the next thing is we have a lincoln bag. we pass it around for donations that come to our boone county funds. and after that, we will collect the presidential ballots. and those people that are counters like cam is going to be a counter, we have not found them all yet but we will also designate counters. they will collect the ballots.

we send them off to a classroom at gmac to do the counting. not every caucus does this but we are going to. we have seven precincts. and when they go off to do the counting, that allows the temporary order now permanent chair and secretary to start doing business. we are going to nominate people for the boone county committee. how do you do that if you have to count ballots? we make sure his name is on the list. that is one election. and then another election has people that want to come to the county convention in february -- yeah. there is the platform of iowa to

look at. if we want to add planks to that. that is another thing. and then come at some point in that time they will come back -- the counters will come back and tell us what the vote was. >> if i could add one more thing -- this will be a question. how come you are taking the ballots away from the room and sending them somewhere else? the campaigns have already said they want people -- and it is in the state bylaws -- that they are allowed and should come to watch the counting of the ballots. just like boone one will have two counters and probably 2-3 people count -- standing behind

them watching to make sure they are counting properly. and this is something that we talked about. we felt -- historically, people at the caucus -- the most important thing they want to do is vote for this presidential election. and they don't want to sit there for long hours and hours. we want to move it along swiftly. not her but move it swiftly so the business can be taken care of. while the ballots are being counted. they bring in the results and by then a lot of business will be done at the precincts. >> and on a state election or government election, they have something called chain of custody. cam is going to have a paper that has or where he tallies up

the votes and he signs the papers saying -- i was a counter. it is up to him and the other counters to do it accurately, comment twice and bring it to the person that will call it in to the stage. >> and who is that? >> i'm going to do that. >> you are the leader of boone and he will be leading the other -- >> and tammy. they are designated. you can call it in or you can use an app on the phone. i will have seven precincts to report. and i have someone to help me. >> robert f. kennedy, jr. was also out on the campaign trail this week.

in phoenix, he urged supporters to help him garner 43,000 signatures to appear on arizona's ballot and talked about why he appeals to younger voters. let's listen. >> our ballot drive in this state. we need 43,000 signatures and we have until august to get them. i expect we will do it quicker than that. and in order -- prior to launching the ballot petition drive in the state, we need to name our electors. and those electors, a couple days after the election, will go to the capital and cast their vote for me. we have all of those -- we got all of those electors quickly.

we have to have people that are trusted and who won't take a bribe and who share the values of this campaign. i want to thank theirs that harsh -- i want to thank our electors that are here tonight. a couple minutes ago, i read for the first time a new quinnipiac poll that came out and it has me leading both president biden and trump -- among young people. among people under 35. last month it showed the same thing but i was at 38 in that age group and today i'm at 40.

[cheering and applause] momentum is building. the harvard harris poll that came out recently showed me it looks at a different age group, under 45. and i am winning in that age group as well. i am also winning among independents and i'm doing very, very well, we are in a three-way tie with hispanic voters with me beating president trump. and among many other cohorts. i feel very good about where we are today and i'm really happy to be here in arizona. to me, it is clear why we are doing well among young people. a couple reasons. what is the one group i don't do

well with? the people that know about my family which are baby boomers. but the problem with baby boomers i think is they get their news from msnbc, fox and cnn. and whereas young people are getting their news from podcasts and wealth -- and well-formed interviews. and they become less consumed with the orthodoxies, the things we are supposed to believe and know. but the other reason is there is no other candidate talking about what is happening with young people. one of the poles i read -- it was probably the most dismaying data putting i've seen since

starting the campaign. it was a whole in 2013 that asked young americans under 35 if they were proud of the united states of america. at that point 85% of them said yes. the same poll taken last month, 18% said yes. somehow during the terms of the last presidents of the united states, all the young people of our country have lost their faith in the united states of america and their pride in our country and they have also lost their hope in their own future. i have six kids at home. and i have seven kids altogether and one is 39. the other six are between 20 and 30. they all have good jobs.

they went to the best colleges. they got good paying jobs but they don't make enough to buy a home. they are in better shape than most of their generation. none of their friends are thinking about buying a home either. for my generation it was the essential promise of the american dream that if you worked hard and played by the rules you can finance a home and raise a family. you can take a summer vacation. you can put something aside for your retirement on one job. there is nobody in this generation that thinks that promise applies to them. this is the first generation in american history at 20-30-year-olds who believe their lives are going to be worse off than their parents lives. the american dream has become a nightmare. >> the reported that many that

attended the phoenix rally were looking for an alternative in a presumed rematch between biden and trump. next, the kennedy campaign released this this week. >> it began as a little tiny seed with almost no chance of growing. and yet it has grown into this mighty structure that dominates the waterway. when i started this campaign last april, almost seven months ago, a lot of people treated it with ridicule and derision and they thought it was a longshot that would never work. and yet the campaign has grown and we are now leading president trump and president biden in all americans under 45 years of age. we are leading in independent voters and many other categories. we have a shot at taking back our country. i have spent my career fighting

so that americans can enjoy these kinds of natural resources. nature is the infrastructure of our communities. if we want to meet an obligation to our children to give them good health and prosperity, as the community that our parents gave us, we have to protect our community and environment. the air we breathe. >> a look back from independent presiden candidates in 1996. ross pnd maury taylor sought to solidify support. next, a few ads from their campaign. >> it was not long ago that harley davidson was about to fail because of free trade with the japanese. the free traders leveled the playing field. our jobs are in trouble again.

the people in washington like bob dole and bill clinton have never made anything. i am a manufacturer and not a politician or a lawyer. i had the business sense we need to keep fair trade for americans. >> as president ross perot will explain changes to major programs like medicare and social security. it is your tax dollars. your programs. so you should decide. vote for perrault. >> there is one more bottle to fight. we have to take our country back from special interests. >> vote for ross. >> next, a little more from president biden's trip to milwaukee. the journal sentinel newspaper reported his visit to the states black chamber of commerce was intended to highlight his administrations support for

black business. they are considered crucial for president biden in his reelection bid. in 2020 he won the state by just 20,000 votes. >> record job creation and historic economic growth. we have among the lowest inflation rates among any country on this earth. we are trying to give folks a little more breathing room. my guide used to say, let's be clear, republicans are again so many critical actions. just remember how the pandemic hits black businesses especially hard. how my predecessor on his watch, women minorities and small businesses found themselves last in line. on my watch, energy and emergency relief went to minority owned businesses first and not last.

[applause] we also cut black child poverty in half because of the child tax credit. [applause] and we tried to extend it and every republican congressperson voted against it but i'm not giving but -- but i'm not giving up until we get it back. the data shows it saves the economy money. the spending on child poverty saves money in health care and education and a range of things. this is not a down the drain. it generates growth. we signed into law a law that will lower prescription drug costs significantly for all americans. i was at a town meeting in northern virginia. this was two years ago. i've been fighting big pharma

for a long time. if you go to wherever your provider -- any drug or prescription drug you would have to take and you decide you're going to buy it in milwaukee were in toronto, canada, paris, france or budapest, guess what? you will pay 2-3 times more for the prescription. same company, same manufacturer, same thing. because medicare pays for it in most cases. guess what? if you are at the v.a. and you get a prescription drug, they negotiate the price with the pharmaceutical company. they passed laws to say you cannot negotiate -- medicare cannot negotiate. and by the way, that is how they make a norma's amounts

--enormous amounts of money. every one of my republican counterparts tried to cut that. your own senator johnson calls social security a ponzi scheme. are you kidding me? from the time you get your first paycheck, you pay into social security, your whole life. these are the same republicans wanting tax cuts against the wealthy. there is also something else happening. there are some in this country waging an attack on economic black opportunity. denying an opportunity when it comes to higher education and staying with business. that is how you generate economic opportunity, to educate people. and folks, by the way, i went to the supreme court to eliminate student debt out there. guess what?

the supreme court ruled against but i still got 136 million people in debt relieved. [applause] because the interest they are paying on the debt is something that prevents them from buying a home and starting a business and all those things. that is on top of black history -- erasing black history or banning books. did you ever think you would live in a country where we are banning books? book banning in grade schools and high schools. i think it is unconscionable. these attacks hurt all americans because investing in black american prosperity lifts everybody out. we always believed adversity was our strength as a nation. i don't believe as a former president said yesterday that the immigrants are polluting.

we are stronger when we are tapping into the full range of talents on this administration. everyone deserves a fair shot. let me close with this. for all we have done, the heroes of the story are the american people. not a joke. hard-working people like harold fleming in milwaukee and in thousands of towns across america. you will hear thousands of stories of renewal and revival. taking pride in your work, family, and town. pride in this nation. that is what i see no matter where i go in this country. i mean this from the bottom of my heart, i've never been more excited about our future. we are the united states of america. and there is nothing beyond our

capacity if we work together. if we work together. and by the way, we are the only country in the world that out of every crisis we have come out stronger than we went in. remember, remember who we are. god bless you, all and may god bless our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] ♪ >> paul stan hauser is a reporter and columnist with the concord monitor in new hampshire. what is the current state of the gop presidential race in new hampshire? >> our governor who endorsed nikki haley in mid-december says

there is a two-person race in new hampshire between her and former president no trump. he is the commanding front runner nationally and in our in-state polls. in recent days some surveys were conducted. they show it is becoming a two-person race with donald trump leading in the mid-40's and nikki haley surging to about 30% among likely republican presidential voters and new hampshire. >> what is nikki haley's campaign doing? >> for months she had been running a very lean machine and a small campaign with no big imprint here in new hampshire or iowa. caucuses lead off the calendar there. in recent weeks, she has been building up her staff in new hampshire.

she also received the backing in november or early december from americans for prosperity and their political wing. with that comes a lot of report when it comes to getting the boat out and reaching out to the grassroots. she has been boosted in recent weeks and now she has the endorsement of the governor. that comes with arguably the most energetic governor in the country. someone that will be fabulous for her on the campaign trail. >> you wrote earlier this week on the ad battle going on between super pac's supporting haley and trump. >> trump super pac, mag inc., had been off the air for a while in new hampshire. now they have a new ad.

this -- ron desantis was their big target in the fall. they are now going after nikki haley. >> nikki haley promised -- i will not raise the gas tax. >> 24 months later, high-tech haley flipped. >> increase the gas tax by $.10. >> she broke her promise. >> repeatedly backing gas tax. >> of the super pac supporting heard the stand for america superfund is firing back. everyone is attacking nikki bailey but there must be a reason why. >> of all the republicans running for president, why is donald trump only attacking nikki haley? because donald trump knows that she is the only one that can

beat him. she cut taxes by 40% and now she want an 80-year-old name from the past or a new generation of conservative leadership? >> we will see a lot more between now and january 23, and a very similar story. >> a month out from new hampshire's primary, what will the next month look like? >> it's kind of quiet because iowa comes first. most of the campaign traffic will go to iowa. in the first two weeks leading up to january, you will see former president trump, governor desantis and nikki haley to a degree spending most of their time in iowa. vivek ramaswamy as well.

he is also in the hunt for the nomination. the oddball will be former governor chris christie of new jersey, making a second bid for the white house, and just as he did in 2016, devoting nearly all his time and resources to new hampshire. once the caucuses are over on the 15th, everybody remaining in the race comes right back to new hampshire. >> a reminder, this program and all of c-span's 2024 coverage can be

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