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Former U.N. Ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a new advertisement, claiming he is an “echo” of former President Donald Trump, just before the governor’s highly anticipated presidential announcement Wednesday evening.
Haley’s campaign released the video Wednesday titled “A Choice, Not An Echo,” ahead of DeSantis’ launch into the GOP primaries at 6 p.m. on Twitter Spaces with CEO Elon Musk. The ad displays side by side clips comparing the two men’s speaking styles, hand gestures and policy stances, followed by footage from Haley’s presidential announcement, where the campaign presents her as the alternative to Trump and DeSantis.
“He was totally different. Whatever I want, he wants,” Trump said of DeSantis in the opening of the video.
The ad then showed clips comparing Trump’s speeches with a DeSantis campaign video when he first ran for governor in 2018, where he recited the former president’s lines to his newborn son, like “you’re fired” and “make America great again.
