- Trump PAC blasted Haley for saying she would “never” support raising the gas tax
- Pro-Haley PAC asked why Trump “just attacked” Haley in the state
- Ad asks whether voters want 'an 80-year-old name from the past'
Donald Trump and Nikki Haley's forces are trading attack ads in New Hampshire, with a pro-Trump PAC accusing her of tax hikes and a pro-Haley PAC targeting Trump's age.
Make American Great Again (MAGA) Inc.'s pro-Trump ad super PAC was dredged up images of Haley When she was governor of South Carolina, she disavowed and then supported a 10-cent increase in the state's gas tax.
The pro-Haley Stand For America fund hit back with an advertisement of his own Tuesday saying the attacks were due to Haley's rise. “Why is Donald Trump, of all the Republicans running for president, only attacking Nikki Haley? Because Trump knows Haley is the only one who can beat him,” a narrator asked.
Haley hit the same theme on X. “Two days ago, Donald Trump denied that our wave existed in New Hampshire. Now he is posting a negative ad against me. Someone gets nervous. #BringIt,” she wrote.
A pro-Trump super PAC is blasting Nikki Haley in a new ad in New Hampshire over past comments about a state gas tax
She pointed to a new CBS poll that had Trump at 44 and Haley at 29 in the state, giving him a 15-point lead. That's much closer than Trump's lead over Ron DeSantis in Iowa or his lopsided national lead over DeSantis and Haley.
The pro-Haley ad, called “New Generation,” hit 77-year-old Trump because of his age, following Haley's blasts at 81-year-old Joe Biden.
“Do you want an 80-year-old name from the past or a new generation of conservative leadership?” it asks.
Haley said the Trump group is running negative ads because someone 'gets nervous'
Haley touts her electability, even though recent polls show Trump has surpassed Joe Biden in head-to-head matchups
Trump's lead over Haley in New Hampshire had fallen to 15 points, according to a new CBS poll
The MAGA ad quotes Haley saying in 2013, “I will not, not now, not ever, support raising the gas tax.” It then says 'high taxes Haley' turned around two years later – and is in a state with a known aversion to taxes.
A pro-DeSantis PAC has made a similar claim. Fact-checkers have noted that Haley opposed a standalone gas tax increase. She said she would accept one to supplement an income tax cut from 7 percent to 5 percent. The gas tax increase did not go through.