On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump claimed that Kamala Harris’s campaign recognizes significant “problems” for her in New Hampshire. His comments came after the Trump campaign responded to what they describe as an inaccurate report suggesting he was abandoning the Granite State.
“Comrade Kamala Harris sees there are problems for her campaign in New Hampshire because of the fact that they disrespected it in their primary and never showed up,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
“Additionally, the cost of living in New Hampshire is through the roof, their energy bills are some of highest in the country, and their housing market is the most unaffordable in history,” the former president continued.
“I protected New Hampshire’s First-In-The-Nation Primary and ALWAYS will!” he exclaimed. “To my friends in New Hampshire, get out and vote TRUMP. Together, we will make your State and America Strong, Safe, and Prosperous AGAIN!”
Trump’s comment came after the Boston Globe reported on an email from Tom Mountain, a former Trump campaign volunteer in Massachusetts. The email suggested that the campaign had decided New Hampshire was no longer a battleground state. However, Trump campaign national spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Newsweek that this claim is entirely false.
“This isn’t true: President Trump’s campaign maintains an on-the-ground presence in New Hampshire, including staff and offices, while Kamala Harris is parachuting in because she knows that the Granite State is in play,” Leavitt told the outlet.
“We look forward to building on the momentum that we have grown since the primary and sending New Hampshire’s four electoral votes to President Trump’s column on November 5,” she added.
The Trump campaign also emphasized that Mountain was merely a volunteer and therefore lacked knowledge of the actual campaign strategies.
“It appears this was just an independent attempt to generate enthusiasm for volunteer deployments to a nearby major swing state,” Trump’s campaign said, according to Newsweek.
Trump lost New Hampshire by 0.4 percent in 2016 and by 7.4 percent in 2020. In fact, New Hampshire has not voted Republican in a presidential election since 2000.
