Former President Donald Trump is aiming to take some steam out of Nikki Haley’s surging marketing campaign in New Hampshire by casting her as a flip-flopper on taxes.
The Make America Great Again Inc. tremendous PAC began airing a TV advert Tuesday that includes video clips of how Ms. Haley, over two years, went from vowing to “not now, not ever” assist a fuel tax improve to supporting a ten cent improve on the pump.
“That’s right, ‘High Tax’ Haley broke her promise,” the narrator says within the spot. “Repeatedly backing higher taxes hurts families. New Hampshire cannot afford Nikki ‘High Tax’ Haley.”
The Haley marketing campaign hit again, blasting out an electronic mail highlighting information experiences from 2018 wherein Mr. Trump knowledgeable lawmakers on Capitol Hill he supported rising the federal fuel tax by 25 cents a gallon.
The Trump world’s elevated deal with Ms. Haley follows a CBS ballot that reveals she has been gaining floor on Mr. Trump amongst doubtless GOP main voters in New Hampshire, dwelling to the Jan. 23 main.
The survey additionally confirmed she is much and away probably the most “likable” and “reasonable” candidate within the Republican presidential race.
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Mr. Trump has a 44% to 29% lead over Ms. Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his administration.
Ms. Haley is battling it out with Ron DeSantis to change into the clear various to Mr. Trump.
Mr. DeSantis is working a distant second to Mr. Trump for the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, that are essential for the Florida governor.
Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, who just lately endorsed Ms. Haley, stated Mr. Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their assaults towards her as a result of she’s a menace.
“He is starting to run negative ads today against Nikki Haley. Why? Because he is afraid,” Mr. Sununu stated Tuesday on NewsNation. “See, Trump has to win Iowa and New Hampshire because the national media has built it up that it is inevitable. So if he loses, and when he loses especially here in New Hampshire, well, now he has a real problem.”
“So he is on his heels,” he stated.
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