Trump campaign targets Haley for first time on New Hampshire airwaves
The immigration-focused ad comes as Haley has been rising in the polls ahead of the state's Jan. 23 primary.
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is taking direct aim at Republican rival Nikki Haley in a new advertisement airing in New Hampshire in a shift in strategy just weeks before the state's primary.
The 30-second ad, viewed by NBC News, marks the first time the campaign has gone after Haley, a former Trump administration official, on the airwaves in the state ahead of its Jan. 23 primary.
The ad tries to connect Haley’s immigration positions with those of President Joe Biden by arguing that both opposed “Trump’s border wall” and “Trump’s visitor ban from terrorist nations.”
“Confirmed warnings of terrorists sneaking in through our southern border,” the ad’s narrator says. “Yet Haley joined Biden in opposing Trump’s visitor ban from terrorist nations. Haley’s weakness puts us in grave danger. Trump’s strength protects us.”
Haley has defended banning entry for people from certain countries, saying at a debate last month that “it’s not about a religion; it’s about a fact that certain countries are dangerous and are threats to us.”
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