The claims by a super PAC that backs Gov. Ron DeSantis comparing Nikki Haley to Hillary Clinton are misleading.
In Republican politics, being likened to a prominent Democrat like Hillary Clinton may well be among the highest of insults.
Some G.O.P. presidential hopefuls and their allies are seizing on that comparison to denounce Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who has gained momentum in the primary race. During the Republican debate in Alabama on Wednesday, for example, the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Ms. Haley for giving “foreign multinational speeches like Hillary Clinton.”
In particular, though, supporters of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida have leveraged that line of attack, including in advertisements by a pro-DeSantis super PAC, Fight Right. But the ads trying to tie Ms. Haley to Mrs. Clinton, the former secretary of state, make claims that are misleading.
Here’s a fact-check of some of those claims.
WHAT WAS SAID
“We know her as Crooked Hillary, but to Nikki Haley, she’s her role model, the reason she ran for office.”
— Fight Right in an advertisement
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