Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off his look at a CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall on Thursday with a name-dropping dig at opponent Nikki Haley.
During the reside city corridor occasion in Des Moines, Iowa, DeSantis walked on to the stage and handed moderator Kaitlan Collins a jersey of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star Caitlin Clark, alluding to a latest flub from Haley by which she blended up the 2 names.
“We’re excited to see the Lady Hawkeyes team. What a great coach they have. Caitlin Collins is phenomenal,” the previous South Carolina governor stated final week at a pre-game occasion, clearly that means Clark, the Des Moines Register reported.
In a submit on X (previously Twitter), Collins responded to Haley’s remark: “I can assure you her free-throw percentage is much better than mine.”
DeSantis, whose CNN city corridor preceded Haley’s, didn’t miss taking the simple shot.
“I heard the other day someone say Kaitlan Collins had some basketball skills. Now, I don’t know if that was a mistake or not, but I know in Iowa they have a Caitlin Clark, so I just wanted to give you this as a memento,” DeSantis stated Thursday as he unfolded the jersey and handed it to Collins.
DeSantis and Haley have been scheduled for back-to-back CNN city halls on Thursday night, simply greater than every week earlier than the Iowa caucuses.
