Rivalry between Trump and DeSantis deepens with dueling New Hampshire campaign events
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — The rivalry between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump deepened Tuesday as the two leading Republican White House candidates staged dueling events in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire. Addressing a town hall in Hollis, DeSantis vowed to fulfill a broken Trump promise and complete a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border while pledging to tear down Washington’s traditional power centers in ways Trump fell short. Speaking later at a Republican women’s luncheon in Concord, Trump countered that DeSantis was being forced to settle for second place in the primary and accused the governor of supporting cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
