Ron DeSantis is fighting a two-pronged primary battle going into the final five weeks before the pivotal Iowa caucus.
The Florida governor remains well behind the Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. But DeSantis is also fending off former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley who is surging with conservatives still looking for an alternative.
During an hourlong CNN town hall Tuesday, DeSantis tried to take Trump to task. He reminded voters assembled at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, how the former president has ducked every GOP primary debate ahead of 2024.
"Nobody is entitled to this nomination," DeSantis said. "You've got to earn this nomination, and part of the way you do it is you show up, you answer people's questions."
