WAUKEE, Iowa - Nikki Haley didn't let a snowstorm stop her from campaigning. This morning, Iowans packed an Irish Pub in Waukee to hear Haley's strong and proud pitch.
While Haley's blitzes the Hawkeye State, a new Granite State CNN poll shows Haley is surging, Trump is slipping, and the DeSantis' campaign obituary is being written.
What they are saying...
Des Moines Register's Amanda Tudage: Friends, if you are still rocking with me - I am here this morning in Waukee at a pub where GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is speaking, making a final push before Jan. 15 Caucus Day.
Daily Mail's Katelyn Caralle: .@NikkiHaley campaigning at Mickey's Irish Pub in Waukee, Iowa this morning despite a winter storm plowing through the state.
Daily Mail's Katelyn Caralle: Speaking to a pub full of Iowans, Amb. Haley hit Trump: "I agree with a lot of his policies. But, rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him. You know I'm right. But we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. We won't survive it."
Fox News' Bill Melugin: NEW: @NikkiHaley arrives at campaign event in Waukee, IA today. Solid turnout despite snowstorm and terrible road conditions. She is seeing surging poll numbers in New Hampshire and has a target on her back - Trump & DeSantis camps dropped new attack ads against her yesterday.
NBC News' Ali Vitali: I've now spoken to three folks at this Haley event - most decidedly supporting her - who voted for Trump both times but are now looking for new leadership. I asked what their turning point was. For all of them, it was Election denialism and January 6th.
Fox News' Claudia Kelly-Bazan: A snowstorm isn't stopping people from showing up today for @NikkiHaley. It's a packed event in Waukee, IA. A new poll released this morning shows her surging in New Hampshire - likely why former President Trump & Gov. DeSantis have ramped up the rhetoric against her recently
CNN's Ebony Davis: 6 days until the Iowa caucuses! Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley holds a 'countdown to caucus' event in Waukee
Semafor's Shelby Talcott: Iowans are out amid the snowstorm to hear Nikki Haley speak this morning:
Wall Street Journal's John McCormick: On a snowy and windy Iowa morning, @NikkiHaley takes the stage in Waukee. "I'm definitely not in South Carolina anymore."
Associated Press' Meg Kinnard: This morning I'm in Waukee, Iowa, where @NikkiHaley is holding a countdown to caucus rally. This Irish pub is packed, despite snow that's been falling since yesterday. I asked a man if the -13 ? caucus night forecast irked him. "No," he said. "This is just winter here."
Nikki Haley, Haley Campaign Press Release - 6 Days Until Caucus; No Days Off Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/369879