Nikki Haley: Trump's authoritarian rhetoric 'harmful and unnecessary'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "I don't think it would be good for President Trump to be president.
63% : Reynolds has endorsed DeSantis, and Bird has endorsed Trump.
57% : "Because she's the most calm, cool and collected candidate that doesn't bash people," Feldmann said.Tracey Groy, 58, of Dubuque, said, "I think Trump has so many supporters, but so many haters.
57% : "Groy said she supported Trump in 2016 but plans to caucus for Haley.
50% : She said she believes Trump was "the right president at the right time" in 2016 but that the time is now right for a "new generational conservative leader that puts the negativity and the baggage behind.""We have a country to save.
45% : She called out DeSantis for co-sponsoring a bill in Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard critical to Iowa's ethanol and biofuels industry, and argued Trump endorsed the idea of a 25 cent-per-gallon gas tax increase in 2018.
37% : "But he's not the right person now," echoing Haley of the "chaos and drama" that surrounds Trump.
27% : She also condemned Trump for remarks this fall criticizing Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and referring to Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, as "very smart.
27% : "Look, I don't think President Trump should be president," Haley responded to a question about the court's decision during the town hall.
26% : DeSantis has pledged he will win the Iowa caucuses, but his campaign has been plagued by infighting and dysfunction and remains far behind Trump in recent polling of the state's likely caucusgoers.
23% : "Speaking to The Gazette afterward, Haley also chided Trump for telling a crowd of supporters in Waterloo earlier this week that immigrants coming to the U.S. illegally were "destroying the blood" of the country, echoing words used by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
23% : The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Tuesday that Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's primary ballot in 2024 because of the 14th Amendment, which bars certain officials from holding office again if they "have engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States.
23% : "And so we're not putting all of our eggs in one basket," Haley said, a reference to DeSantis, who has pinned his hopes on posting a strong showing in Iowa to winnow the race down to him and Trump and upend the former president's path to the GOP nomination.
22% : Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, stopped in Anamosa on Thursday for a town hall as she wrapped up a five-day campaign swing through Iowa with less than a month to go to the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses in the leadoff nominating state.
22% : Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd of about 100 people, Haley blasted Trump for praising and quoting authoritarian leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
19% : "Haley said Trump causes too much chaos to be successful in a second White House term.
16% : He also faces a rising threat from Haley, who is ramping up her travel in Iowa and is now polling second behind Trump in the early-voting states of New Hampshire and her home state of South Carolina -- and is battling DeSantis for second in Iowa.
3% : "Haley also called out political action committees supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump for attacks accusing Haley of changing her stance on a gas tax while governor of South Carolina.

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