President Joe Biden’s campaign cast the Republican field as “extreme” during a Des Moines news conference ahead of the Iowa caucuses Monday.
“We’ve gathered here today, because tonight, Republican primary voters will, for the very first time in this election cycle, choose who they want to be the Republican nominee for president,” Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker told reporters Monday.
Pritzker, a Biden campaign advisory board member, joked that President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis all back the same policies: “Tonight’s contest is simply a question of whether you like your MAGA-Trump agenda wrapped in the original packaging, or with high heels or lifts in their boots.”
“Instead, the real decision will be made in the general election, where the stakes couldn’t be higher,” he added.
Pritzker was joined by Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, who spent the bulk of her remarks focusing on Republicans’ anti-abortion stance.
“Tonight, the Republican candidates for president will face their first real contest, but regardless of who wins and regardless of who comes in second, we know one thing for sure: Every one of these extremist candidates is attacking women’s freedom to make their own decisions about abortion,” Smith said. “These extreme Republican candidates want a national ban on abortion.”
Pritzker followed up by adding, “All I can say is that this campaign is ready, willing and able to take on any of those MAGA Republican candidates and beat them.”
Source: www.cnn.com