CNN Iowa town hall: Haley calls for GOP to move past Trump and boasts leads over Biden

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley bragged about polls showing her beating President Joe Biden and called for the GOP to move past former President Donald Trump during a CNN town hall in Iowa on Thursday night.

"Americans don't want another nail-biter of an election, and that's what we'll get. Look at any of the polls head to head against Joe Biden," Haley said during the event moderated by CNN host Erin Burnett. "Ron doesn't beat Biden. Trump head to head with Biden on a good day, he might be up by 2. The Wall Street Journal had him up by 4. I'm in every one of those same polls. I defeat Biden by 17 points."

A Wall Street Journal poll released last month showed Haley defeating Biden 51% to 34%, a 17 percentage point difference that Haley and her allies have touted in campaign ads and while barnstorming Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two nominating states in the GOP primary. The poll also showed Trump beating Biden 47% to 43%.