Yep but I doubt anyone on that debate stage is going to attack her on this.
Trump won't do it.
Scott won't do it.
Pence won't do it.
DeSantis probably won't do it but there is a very small chance he goes there.
Confederate statues are a key part of South Carolina history and should be preserved for solely that reason but the mainstream media always twists any defense of Confederate statues as pro-slavery.
Every Republican candidate will likely want to stay clear of voluntarily walking into this minefield.
I doubt it will come up either, unless the Haley campaign thinks they can force DeSantis to choose between his more right-wing supporters and centrist ones.
She can try to force that choice but it will definitely end badly for her.
DeSantis's appeal to his more right wing supporters are his bona-fide conservative achievements in Florida but his appeal to centrists is that he is the only one who has a shot at winning a primary against a former President.
Centrists are going to be forced to choose between Trump or DeSantis since no-one else running has a real shot of winning the primary.
A lot of these centrists despise Trump not on policy but despise the man himself so they will be forced to accept either sitting out entirely and letting Trump rocket to the nomination again or they can get behind the only viable Trump alternative.
Centrist GOP voters are going to be essentially bullied next year by this dynamic and they will have to make a choice whether the man they hate(Trump) winning the nomination again is better than getting behind DeSantis who is much more right than they would like on policy.
That's a good point. I think the only way DeSantis could flub that would be if he looks too far ahead at the general election and tries to appeal outside the GOP.
Haley took down Confederate Statues.
Yep but I doubt anyone on that debate stage is going to attack her on this.
Trump won't do it. Scott won't do it. Pence won't do it. DeSantis probably won't do it but there is a very small chance he goes there.
Confederate statues are a key part of South Carolina history and should be preserved for solely that reason but the mainstream media always twists any defense of Confederate statues as pro-slavery.
Every Republican candidate will likely want to stay clear of voluntarily walking into this minefield.
I doubt it will come up either, unless the Haley campaign thinks they can force DeSantis to choose between his more right-wing supporters and centrist ones.
She can try to force that choice but it will definitely end badly for her.
DeSantis's appeal to his more right wing supporters are his bona-fide conservative achievements in Florida but his appeal to centrists is that he is the only one who has a shot at winning a primary against a former President.
Centrists are going to be forced to choose between Trump or DeSantis since no-one else running has a real shot of winning the primary.
A lot of these centrists despise Trump not on policy but despise the man himself so they will be forced to accept either sitting out entirely and letting Trump rocket to the nomination again or they can get behind the only viable Trump alternative.
Centrist GOP voters are going to be essentially bullied next year by this dynamic and they will have to make a choice whether the man they hate(Trump) winning the nomination again is better than getting behind DeSantis who is much more right than they would like on policy.
That's a good point. I think the only way DeSantis could flub that would be if he looks too far ahead at the general election and tries to appeal outside the GOP.