Ron DeSantis

It's time to turn out.

You can’t just terminate the Constitution.

Donald Trump, if he's the nominee, the whole election is going to be about legal issues, criminal trials, maybe criminal convictions by then, January 6th, all of that. That plays into the Democrats' hands.

Forget the chatter, ignore all the chatter out there that he will drop out if he doesn't do well in Iowa.

We're excited about having gone to all 99 counties.

Every phone call, every door, everything we do between now and caucus night is going to make a difference.

For pro-life Trump voters in Iowa, Donald Trump is taking positions that are way different than what he professed to believe when he first ran for president in 2016.

Promise made, promise kept.

Donald Trump's running to pursue his issues. Nikki Haley's running to pursue her donors' issues. I'm running to pursue your issues and your family's issues and to turn this country around.

I'm the only one running that's delivered on 100 percent of the promises that I have made.

CNN's back-to-back presidential Republican town halls begin one hour from now live in Des Moines. Ron DeSantis is up first, followed by Nikki Haley.

I don't think Donald Trump ultimately can win an election.

Well, I mean, first of all, he won't debate. I mean, like how am I -- I mean, like he's not willing to get on a stage, he's not willing to answer questions.

My approach to firearms is I'm going to stand rock solid behind our Second Amendment rights, our constitutional freedoms, and I will focus the attention of law enforcement on individuals, convicted felons, people who are mentally ill or…

I would represent bigger vitality in the executive that we sorely need. I'm also somebody that would be eligible to serve two terms. I mean, Donald Trump would be a lame duck on day one. That's a huge liability in terms of actually being…

I've articulated all the differences, time and time again on the campaign trail.

What you're able to do in Iowa is going to reverberate all across this country.

I don't think Donald Trump ultimately can win an election. I know Fox News is going to say, 'Oh, he is winning this poll, he is winning this poll.' These polls are garbage.

I've articulated all the differences time and time again on the campaign trail. What the media wants is, they want Republican candidates to just kind of smear him personally and kind of do that. That's just not how I roll.

As your nominee, I will make sure that we win up and down the ballot all across the country, just like we did in Florida.

This is all about who turns out. And if we turn out, this is going to be a really, really special night for us.

Some of the stuff they are doing now, like this stuff with like the Maine, it was ridiculous.

I notice that Nikki Haley has had some problems with some basic American history. She was asked a very simple question and responded with just really incomprehensible word salad.

I just think this shows this is not a candidate that's ready for primetime.

Many view these as weaponization of the DOJ and using the system to go against political adversaries.