{"id":1944195,"date":"2023-06-05T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-cnn-town-hall-six-key-takeaways-from-2024-hopefuls-iowa-event\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:34:16","slug":"nikki-haley-cnn-town-hall-six-key-takeaways-from-2024-hopefuls-iowa-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-cnn-town-hall-six-key-takeaways-from-2024-hopefuls-iowa-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley&#8217;s CNN town hall in Iowa: 6 important points to note for her 2024 aspirations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikki-haley-cnn-town-hall-six-key-takeaways-from-2024-hopefuls-iowa-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944195&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Presidential Hopeful Nikki Haley Lays Out Conservative Policy Solutions<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNikki Haley is the only presidential candidate talking to real voters on the ground and taking their questions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasted-as-puppet-of-putin-and-coward-for-cnn-town-hall-remarks\/\" title=\"Trump blasted as 'puppet of Putin' and 'coward' for CNN town hall remarks\">multiple town halls<\/a>,\u201d Haley communications director Nachama Soloveichik said. \u201cNikki Haley won\u2019t cave to the liberal talking heads, and that\u2019s what voters love about her.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During her CNN town hall event on Sunday, Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential hopeful, presented a series of conservative policy solutions. Her appearance was less combative than her former boss, former President Donald Trump, who partook in a CNN town hall last month. Haley staked out conservative positions on hot-button matters such as abortion, entitlement reform, guns, and more. Here are six key takeaways from the town hall event, which took place in Iowa.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump and DeSantis Loom Large<\/h3>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s two main rivals in the GOP field, Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), cast a heavy shadow over the town hall. Haley has sought to chart her own path without dwelling on her rivals too much, but a few times during the town hall, Haley blasted them directly. For instance, she bashed DeSantis for his battle with the Walt Disney Company, accusing him of being \u201chypocritical\u201d for accepting donations from it and then suing the company. \u201cAll this vendetta stuff? We\u2019ve been down that road,\u201d Haley quipped at one point. At one point, Haley condemned Trump&#8217;s take on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot while underscoring the importance of having &#8220;election integrity&#8221; and rebuilding trust with voters. \u201cHe thinks it was a beautiful day. I think it was a terrible day. I\u2019ll always stand by that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h3>Calm and Collected<\/h3>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s demeanor attracted some attention from commentators during her town hall event. Unlike Trump or DeSantis, who have been known to get testy when grilled on certain matters, Haley remained evenly tempered throughout the night. \u201cOne thing that really struck me was how folksy she was, how personable she was,&#8221; CNN\u2019s Dana Bash said about Haley. &#8220;There were a lot of points where she brought back that humanity, and that\u2019s no small thing.\u201d Haley began the event with an emphasis on the need to ditch the negativity in politics and usher in generational change.<\/p>\n<h3>Abortion<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout the 2024 GOP primary cycle, abortion has emerged as something of an albatross matter. Haley has laid out her position on abortion numerous times and stuck to her principles while under scrutiny on it. &#8220;What the media have done is they\u2019ve made you demonize the situation when it\u2019s so personal that we have to humanize the situation,\u201d Haley said. \u201cOur goal should always be how do we save as many babies as we can and support as many mothers as we do it.\u201d She emphasized that she&#8217;s anti-abortion and is keen on trying to find a national consensus on the matter. At one point, Haley dodged answering whether she would back a federal six-week abortion ban.<\/p>\n<h3>Entitlements<\/h3>\n<p>Haley did not shy away from entitlement reform despite some of her rivals, such as Trump, warning Republicans not to touch Social Security and Medicare. \u201cWe can\u2019t keep kicking this can down the road,\u201d Haley argued at one point. \u201cAnd I know that Trump and DeSantis have both said we\u2019re not going to deal with entitlement reform \u2014 well, all you\u2019re doing is leaving it for the next president, and that\u2019s leaving a lot of Americans in trouble.\u201d Previously, Haley floated some proposals to prevent Social Security and Medicare from facing their projected bankruptcy, which includes lifting the retirement age for people in their 20s and engaging in means testing \u2014 paring down benefits for wealthy recipients. Haley has also underscored the need to preserve benefits for those already retired and ensure that benefits will be available for the next generation. \u201cI think they\u2019re not being honest with the American people,\u201d Haley said when discussing some of her rivals&#8217; reluctance to take on the issue.<\/p>\n<h3>Foreign Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Unlike most of her peers in the 2024 arena, aside from Trump, Haley brings considerable foreign policy experience to the table. Her approach to world affairs also differed from some of her top rivals. At one point, she implicitly rebuked Trump over his congratulating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un late last week for landing a role on the World Health Organization\u2019s executive board. Haley called the WHO a &#8220;farce.&#8221; \u201cCongratulate our friends. Don\u2019t congratulate our enemies,\u201d Haley said. On Ukraine, Haley contrasted herself with Trump and DeSantis, insisting that &#8220;a win for Ukraine is a win for all of us.&#8221; Trump and DeSantis have equivocated about what the extent of U.S. support for the war-torn nation should be. \u201cThis is bigger than Ukraine,\u201d Haley explained. \u201cThis is a war about freedom, and it\u2019s one we have to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Guns<\/h3>\n<p>Haley opened up about her position on gun rights, revealing she is opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">red flag laws<\/a>, which create an avenue for law enforcement to confiscate guns from people believed to be at high risk of engaging in nefarious activity. \u201cI don\u2019t trust the government to deal with red flag laws. I don\u2019t trust that they won\u2019t take them away from people who rightfully deserve to have them,\u201d Haley contended. \u201cBecause you\u2019ve got someone else judging whether someone else should have a gun or not.\u201d She also emphasized the need to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-cnn-town-hall-six-key-takeaways-from-2024-hopefuls-iowa-event\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley's CNN town hall in Iowa: 6 important points to note for her 2024 aspirations.\">end gun-free zones<\/a>,&#8221; pinning blame on locations where guns are heavily restricted for shootings, because &#8220;nobody else is going to be able to protect themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s town hall comes on the heels of one Trump conducted with the network last month. Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to announce his 2024 intentions this week and is slated to attend a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spotted-socialist-aocs-tesla-parked-illegally-outside-whole-foods-in-posh-dc-neighborhood\/\" title=\"SPOTTED: Socialist AOC\u2019s Tesla Parked Illegally Outside Whole Foods in Posh DC Neighborhood\">town hall hosted<\/a> by the network this Wednesday. At the moment, Haley is polling in third place among the 2024 GOP field, per the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate, presented several conservative policy solutions during her CNN town hall event. Her appearance was less confrontational than her rival, former President Donald Trump, who participated in a CNN town hall last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4506,23477,9373,19183,9165,5626,5739,3671,9167],"class_list":["post-1944195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-4506","tag-aspirations","tag-cnn","tag-haleys","tag-hall","tag-iowa","tag-nikki","tag-note","tag-town"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}