Ron DeSantis's election chances have been scuppered by a former Republican chair who slammed the Florida Governor as "Trump 2.0".
The chair, who is a campaigner for governor of South Carolina Nikki Hayley, laid into DeSantis as being in the "same lane" as former president Donald Trump.
Despite becoming a viable candidate for the Republican party, Hayley has some stiff competition this year as she will be facing off against Trump, DeSantis, and outsider Vivek Ramaswamy.
Jennifer Nassour who is the 'Women for Nikki' campaign head told GBN America: "So you know what I think early on in the in the campaign cycle in 2023, it looks like Ron DeSantis would be the alternative to Trump. But that didn't happen.
"Ron DeSantis got in the same wake and the same lane as Donald Trump and so he just is Donald Trump 2.0.
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"He doesn't offer anything different.
"What people are looking for in the United States right now is they're looking for an alternative to Donald Trump.
"No one wants to see a showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
"Again, there are two old guys that just give the same speeches over and over, and both are basically doing nothing to campaign.
Haley would be the first woman and the first Asian American nominated by the GOP for president
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"Nikki Haley, on the other hand, is an alternative to both of them.
"She beats Joe Biden by 17 points in our American polls, whereas Donald Trump gets very close to Joe Biden.
"And it makes me very uncomfortable to think that we would have a Republican nominee who may lose to Joe Biden again.
"Nikki Haley presents an alternative. She is an accountant. She knows how to balance a budget, which we so desperately need here.
The campaigner claimed Ron DeSantis is a "Trump2.0"
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"She was a state legislator, she was a governor, and she was a UN ambassador.
"So she understands domestic and foreign policy, which again is something that we need desperately in America right now."
If successful in the primary, Haley would be the first woman and the first Asian American nominated by the GOP for president.
Haley has gained a reputation in the Republican Party as a solid conservative who can address issues of gender and race more credibly than many of her peers.