evidence: That means "shooting yourself in the foot every other day," he quickly explained, drawing an eye roll from Haley. The joke was a nod to Haley’s recent campaign trail gaffes, among them her omission of slavery when a voter asked her about the causes of the Civil War. DeSantis campaign ally Rep. Thomas Massie used the term on the social media platform X last week after Haley said in an interview that you "change personalities" going from Iowa to New Hampshire. "We called this ballistic podiatry at MIT," the GOP Kentucky congressman wrote. Raising the retirement age? Haley supports it, DeSantis doesn’t DeSantis and Haley are disagreeing over whether to raise the retirement age. Haley supports raising the retirement age and has said that the current age of 65 is too low. DeSantis on Wednesday night referenced his grandmother, who lived to be 91 and whose sole source of income was Social Security. He cited declining life expectancy in the United States as a reason he wouldn’t support raising the age. Haley said DeSantis voted as a congressman to raise the retirement age to 70. She says, "You can’t trust him."