Overview
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attacked former President Donald Trump during a CNN town hall in Iowa, blaming him for the country's inflation woes and for his actions at the start of the Covid pandemic.
- New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu endorsed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for president, stating that the GOP primary is a two-person race between Haley and Trump.
- A New York court ordered the state's redistricting commission to draw a new map by Feb. 28, 2024, which could assist Democrats in their effort to win back the House next November.
- DeSantis criticized Trump for not completing the wall at the US-Mexico border and for not replacing Obamacare with a Republican alternative.
- DeSantis defended Israel's tactics in Gaza, saying that the global criticism of the country was 'because of antisemitism' and arguing that blame for the war lay entirely with Hamas.