Nikki Haley is afraid to debate because she doesn’t want to answer the tough questions such as how she got rich off Boeing after giving them millions in taxpayer handouts as governor of South Carolina.

The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to…

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 16, 2024

The reality is that she is not running for the nomination, she’s running to be Trump’s VP.

I won’t snub New Hampshire voters like both Nikki Haley and Donald Trump, and plan to honor my commitments. I look forward to debating two empty podiums in the Granite State this week.

[That’s his response to Haley’s refusal to do any more debates unless Trump participates. I think DeSantis would be better off holding townhall-format events instead and engage directly with voters. After all, how well did the “empty chair” stunt work at the 2012 [not 2020, sorry] GOP convention when Clint Eastwood tried it? — Ed]