The two frontrunners for the GOP nomination are fighting over everything from a campaign bus in Iowa to the former president’s White House record.
LACONIA, N.H. — Shortly after Ron DeSantis snapped at a reporter who questioned his limited voter engagement during a swing through New Hampshire on Thursday, his chief primary rival tried to one up him.
Even before Trump took the stage in Urbandale, he was girding for a fight. On Thursday morning, the former president’s lieutenants agreed that they should respond to DeSantis’ quip that Trump had failed to push through enough of his agenda, and that if he, DeSantis, were elected, he’d have eight years to achieve sweeping conservative policies. The idea, the Trump team settled on: Push back on the notion it should take eight years.
Preston, like many other Trump supporters in New Hampshire, said he would love to see the two run on a ticket together — “if either of their egos could stand it.” Before he formally entered the race, it seemed that DeSantis would try and avoid directly going after Trump. But the opening days of the campaign have largely dispelled that notion.
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