Haley Campaign Press Release - DeSantis Says Opposition to Ethanol Was a "Misunderstanding"

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Nikki Haley slammed Ron DeSantis for telling RealClearPolitics that his support for killing the Renewable Fuel Standard in Congress was a "misunderstanding" and a "false premise."

Haley responded: DeSantis said his efforts to kill the Renewable Fuel Standard were a "misunderstanding." Was he tricked into writing HIS own bill killing RFS? Or cosponsoring 5 other bills? Was he sleepwalking when he called ethanol "socialism?" Don't insult Iowans w/ lies, Ron. Tell the truth.

BACKGROUND

DeSantis wrote one piece of legislation and cosponsored five pieces of legislation to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard.

• In 2015, DeSantis wrote legislation to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard.
• DeSantis cosponsored five pieces of legislation to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard: HR 259, HR 1461, HR 1001, HR 703, HR 1314.

DeSantis wrote a 2015 op-ed denouncing the ethanol program as "socialism."

• "There is perhaps no better example of this type of venture socialism than the infamous ethanol mandate, aka the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Enacted in 2007, the RFS is a harmful policy that damages car and boat engines, hurts the environment, reduces fuel efficiency and places an upward pressure on gas and food prices."