Republican debate: Haley and DeSantis exchange barbs in fight for second place
by Alice Herman from US news | The Guardian on (#6HRBJ)
Ex-UN ambassador calls Florida governor a habitual liar as each tries to make up ground on absent Trump days before Iowa caucus
The fifth Republican presidential debate started and ended with barbed exchanges between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, with neither likely to have moved closer to eclipsing frontrunner Donald Trump in the Iowa caucus next week.
The Florida governor slamming Haley for running to do her donors' bidding" and the former UN ambassador calling DeSantis a habitual liar. The tone early in the Iowa debate matched prior GOP debates, which were frequently hostile, with candidates hurling personal attacks at one another.
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