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HALEY: "I wish Donald Trump was up here on this stage. He's the one that I'm running against. […] He needs to be defending his record."
9:59 PM · Jan 10, 2024
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1745279308635963537
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Nikki Haley on Donald Trump:
“His way is not my way. I don’t have vengeance, I don’t have vendettas. It’s time for a new generational leader.”
#GOPDebate
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9:27 PM · Jan 10, 2024
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaleyHQ/status/1745271275772146029
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Leadership is about delivering results for those who've put their trust in you. In South Carolina and at the UN, that's what I've done.
10:44 PM · Jan 10, 2024
https://twitter.com/BuehlerBen/status/1745290639112065504
Good Morning, Anons! We got some Desantis Lies to go over and bring truth to. I will try to consolidate the lies in as less posts as I can (so I am not taking up too much space), but some require more vids or notes. I appreciate your time.
Go to https://desantislies.com/
WELCOME TO RON DESANTIS’ WORLD OF LIES
The more Ron DeSantis loses, the more he lies. Get the facts about Ron DeSantis’ latest lies about Nikki Haley’s record and his own.
https://desantislies.com/
1) CHINA SUBSIDIES LIE
DeSantis falsely claims he never gave Chinese companies government subsidies or recruited Chinese businesses.
TRUTH
Under DeSantis, Florida’s economic development office had a Hong Kong and investment to Florida. DeSantis gave Jinko Solar, a Chinese solar company, hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer subsidies. DeSantis also takes campaign cash from a Chinese-backed company, iGas.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/news/desantis-hides-past-efforts-to-lure-chinese-companies-haley/
https://themessenger.com/politics/florida-agency-scrubs-china-mentions-amid-desantis-haley-feud-coverup-or-coincidence
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2436723/desantis-gave-federally-investigated-chinese-company-tax-credit-despite-earlier-denials/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article281809333.html
2) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Nikki Haley brought Confucius Institutes to South Carolina.
TRUTH
Fact checkers denounced this as false. Confucius Institutes were already in South Carolina when Haley became governor, just like they were in nearly every state in the country.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/fact-checking-the-many-attacks-on-nikki-haley-at-the-fourth-gop-debate/article_cde9f132-9521-11ee-ba67-1fc5e186d443.html
3) SYRIAN REFUGEES LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley wanted to settle Syrian refugees in South Carolina.
TRUTH
As governor, Haley fought the Obama administration on settling Syrian refugees in South Carolina. As ambassador, Haley opposed settling Syrian refugees in the United States, arguing that it is better for refugees to stay in the region in which they live.
https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/server/api/core/bitstreams/fa399715-c147-446d-be9b-6c9692a02409/content
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/15/syria-air-strikes-mission-accomplished-donald-trump
4) LEGAL IMMIGRATION LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley wants to allow unlimited legal immigration into this country.
TRUTH
There is no evidence of this claim. On legal immigration, Haley has called for moving away from a quota system and moving toward a fairer, merit-based system. Haley also signed one of the toughest anti-illegal immigration laws in the country as governor.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/22/exclusive-2024-gop-candidate-immigration-questionnaire-hopefuls-explain-vision-for-migration-policy-ahead-of-debate/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-immigration-southcarolina/south-carolina-governor-signs-immigration-bill-into-law-idUSTRE75Q61I20110627/
5) BORDER WALL LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley opposed Trump’s border wall in 2015.
TRUTH
In 2015, Haley criticized politicians for relying “just” on a border wall exclusively. She called for a comprehensive approach that included building a wall, ground troops, drones, equipment, etc. Fact checkers called this attack false.
https://www.press.org/newsroom/video/npc-luncheon-gov-nikki-haley
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-wrongly-describes-nikki-haleys-pos/
6) DISNEY LIE
DeSantis claims he took on Disney because it had become too woke.
TRUTH
Disney was woke for years and Ron DeSantis never objected. In fact, he gave Disney the largest subsidy in Florida history. He only took on Disney because of a personal vendetta.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/15/disney-opening-campus-in-florida-moving-2000-california-workers-.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2021/07/21/disney-may-get-a-570-million-state-tax-break-for-its-lake-nona-campus/
https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/?company_op=starts&state=FL&page=1&order=subsidy&sort=desc
7) SPENDING LIE
DeSantis claims he will take on the big spenders in Washington.
TRUTH
In 2012, DeSantis promised he would never vote to increase the debt limit, saying, “I’m not going to raise the debt ceiling. We need to force Congress to make tough choices.” As a congressman, DeSantis voted to increase the debt limit that led to Washington’s bloated spending and inflation crisis. As governor, DeSantis spent millions of Biden’s COVID slush fund money on a massive giveaway to a top donor’s pet project. He also brought back the taxpayer-funded airplane after the previous Republican Governor Rick Scott eliminated it.
https://www.staugustine.com/story/news/local/2012/08/05/2012-08-04-41/16168991007/
https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/D000621/115
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/28/desantis-hosseini-interstate-covid-money/
https://www.wesh.com/article/gov-desantis-new-plane-seized-from-drug-runners/25849816
8) SOCIAL SECURITY LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley wants to raise the retirement age for retirees.
TRUTH
Haley has ONLY called for adjusting the retirement age for younger workers in their twenties like her children. It was DeSantis who wanted to raise the retirement age to 70 when he was in Congress, voting to do so in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2012, Ron DeSantis told a local Florida newspaper that Social Security was unsustainable and was never intended for people to be retiring at “65 or 67” if they are going to live into their eighties. Fact checkers called his claims “misleading.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/politics/nikki-haley-retirement-age-social-security-medicare/index.html
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll086.xml
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll175.xml
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll138.xml
https://youtu.be/zOSaKw3OITE?si=XkCgw6WPnYPtsUvD
https://checkyourfact.com/2023/12/15/fact-check-desantis-haleys-position-retirement-age-life-expectancy/
9) CONSERVATIVE RECORD LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley always caves to the left.
TRUTH
Haley has a long track record of taking on both Democrats and Republicans to fight for conservative policies. Haley took on the establishment to put votes on the record, pass ethics reform, cut wasteful spending, and kill tax increases. She passed one of the toughest anti-illegal immigration laws in the country, enacted pro-life bills, passed voter ID, cut taxes, created tens of thousands of jobs, fought the Obama administration on accepting Syrian refugees, undocumented minors, and Guantanamo Bay prisoners in South Carolina, and expanded gun rights. As UN ambassador, she enacted the toughest set of sanctions against North Korea ever, defended Israel, defended moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, cut aid to UNRWA, withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council, condemned Russia, and pushed to leave the Iran deal.
https://www.thestate.com/latest-news/article14392628.html
https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/8685/ethics-reform-bill-signed
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/haley-again-pledges-no-gas-tax-increase/article_51e36151-2f15-5b85-9a10-bd5cd87600d2.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-immigration-southcarolina/south-carolina-governor-signs-immigration-bill-into-law-idUSTRE75Q61I20110627/
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/25/politics/sc-abortion-bill/index.html
https://archive.independentmail.com/news/politics/gov-nikki-haley-signs-two-ceremonial-bills-during-spartanburg-visit-ep-407837060-348314441.html/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southcarolina-idUSTRE74H5YD20110518/
https://www.abccolumbia.com/2014/07/02/nfib-endorses-haley-cites-legislative-compromise/
https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/server/api/core/bitstreams/01ecee6c-97da-4a81-b163-a6af9f5f381e/content
https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/server/api/core/bitstreams/fa399715-c147-446d-be9b-6c9692a02409/content
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/03/sc-joins-states-suing-obama-immigration/19855691/
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article74424732.html
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20120709/south-carolina-governor-signs-essential-pro-gun-reform-legislation-into-law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-the-push-for-oil-embargo-on-north-korea-china-is-reluctant-to-sign-off/2017/09/11/3a5b56fe-96e5-11e7-a527-3573bd073e02_story.html
https://freebeacon.com/politics/haley-on-my-watch-israel-will-never-be-disrespected-at-the-un/
https://youtu.be/JL-Jf1pciok?si=aGL4abtkTV_YjZOr
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/inside-nikki-haleys-push-to-cut-funding-to-anti-israel-u-n-palestinian-refugee-agency/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-quits-the-uns-human-rights-council-citing-its-chronic-bias-against-israel/
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/17/trump-russia-administration-policy-217649/
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/13/nikki-haley-trump-iran-whisperer-243772
https://youtu.be/eCn04nCQ6iE?si=M2rS5rPo3frGhS3W
10) BLACK LIVES MATTER LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley supported the Black Lives Matter movement with her statement on George Floyd’s death.
https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1267562102249721856
https://youtu.be/YAB8MZEdlRI?si=hnh-xK_dMPbLSWeg
TRUTH
Haley’s statement on George Floyd was very similar to DeSantis’. And Haley repeatedly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement here, here, here, here, and many more times.
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1275097631610601474
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1276210923934490624
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1314284784286392321
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1281231277534990336
11) ETHANOL LIE
DeSantis lies about his support for the Renewable Fuel Standard program.
TRUTH
DeSantis long opposed ethanol before he decided to run for president. In 2015, DeSantis introduced legislation to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard, and cosponsored five pieces of legislation to repeal it: HR 259, HR 1461, HR 1001, HR 703, HR 1314. DeSantis also wrote an op-ed calling ethanol “venture socialism.”
https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/DESANT0541124151142414241.pdf
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/259/cosponsors?s=1&r=38
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1461/cosponsors?s=7&r=8&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22renewable+fuel+standard%22%2C%22renewable+fuel+standard%22%5D%7D
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1001/cosponsors?s=1&r=20
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/703/cosponsors?s=1&r=13
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1314/cosponsors?s=1&r=1
https://web.archive.org/web/20170222020341/https:/www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/12/ethanol-mandate-how-washington-frustrates-conservative-reforms
12) UNRWA FUNDING LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley wanted to fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which gives money to Palestinians.
TRUTH
On the contrary, over the objections of the State Department, Haley led the successful fight to eliminate U.S. taxpayer funding for Palestinians that was funneled through UNRWA.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/haley-clashing-with-state-defense-over-slashing-unrwa-funds/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/inside-nikki-haleys-push-to-cut-funding-to-anti-israel-u-n-palestinian-refugee-agency/
13) TAX INCREASES LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley raised the South Carolina gas tax and sales tax.
TRUTH
Haley never supported a net tax increase. In fact, she killed a stand-alone gas tax increase as governor. She proposed a roads plan that would increase the gas tax ONLY if legislators also cut South Carolina’s income tax by five times as much—giving taxpayers a huge tax cut. Similarly, a sales tax increase was coupled with a property tax cut and the elimination of the grocery tax that gave taxpayers a large tax cut. Fact checkers called DeSantis’ attacks false here, here, here, and here.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/haley-again-pledges-no-gas-tax-increase/article_51e36151-2f15-5b85-9a10-bd5cd87600d2.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/grover-norquist-urges-legislators-to-support-nikki-haley/article_76414118-b993-542d-aff5-e1cb85690e06.html
https://www.wistv.com/story/6698901/sc-grocery-tax-to-disappear/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/13/fight-right-inc/campaign-ad-from-desantis-pac-says-nikki-haley-rai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/us/politics/nikki-haley-desantis-hillary-clinton-debate.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/us/politics/haley-desantis-trump-fact-check.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2023/09/30/nikki-haley-faces-misleading-attacks-on-her-tax-record/?sh=661c166e71e7
14) UKRAINE LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley supports a “blank check” for Ukraine.
TRUTH
Haley is on record repeatedly saying “no blank check” for Ukraine. See here, here, and here. She opposes sending cash or U.S. troops to Ukraine. She supports sending Ukraine the weapons it needs to defeat the Russian invasion of its country. DeSantis voted for aid to Ukraine under Obama. Then, he flip-flopped to copy Trump.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3910070-haley-backward-to-think-us-should-ignore-ukraine-and-focus-on-china/
https://nypost.com/2023/10/17/our-enemies-are-an-evil-alliance-taking-advantage-of-our-weakness-around-the-world/
https://nikkihaley.com/2023/10/28/full-text-haleys-speech-to-the-republican-jewish-coalition/
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2014148
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article273220115.html
https://youtu.be/uDz17wj0Zro?si=cfv8wDAyJ1AcCTgk
14) UKRAINE LIE
DeSantis falsely claims Haley supports a “blank check” for Ukraine.
TRUTH
Haley is on record repeatedly saying “no blank check” for Ukraine. See here, here, and here. She opposes sending cash or U.S. troops to Ukraine. She supports sending Ukraine the weapons it needs to defeat the Russian invasion of its country. DeSantis voted for aid to Ukraine under Obama. Then, he flip-flopped to copy Trump.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3910070-haley-backward-to-think-us-should-ignore-ukraine-and-focus-on-china/
https://nypost.com/2023/10/17/our-enemies-are-an-evil-alliance-taking-advantage-of-our-weakness-around-the-world/
https://nikkihaley.com/2023/10/28/full-text-haleys-speech-to-the-republican-jewish-coalition/
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2014148
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article273220115.html
https://youtu.be/uDz17wj0Zro?si=cfv8wDAyJ1AcCTgk
I will take a pause on the DeSantis lies for a little while and we will pick it up again a little later. Again, I appreciate your time on this matter. :)