Former President Donald Trump labeled a recent poll as ‘fake’ and a ‘scam’ after it showed Nikki Haley narrowing his previously commanding lead.
A new poll shows 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slimming former President Donald Trump’s previously commanding lead in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination to just 4 points in New Hampshire, prompting the former commander-in-chief to label the poll as “fake” and a “scam.”
The poll, released on Dec. 21 by American Research Group, Inc., shows President Trump leading the pack with 33 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in the New Hampshire primary—but with Ms. Haley not far behind.
According to the poll, Ms. Haley, who was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump, has the support of 29 percent of likely GOP voters in New Hampshire—a difference of just 4 points, made all the more concerning for team Trump as the poll’s margin of error is 4 percent.
President Trump reacted to Fox News’s coverage of the New Hampshire poll in a scathing Friday morning post on social media.
“Fake New Hampshire poll was released on Birdbrain,” President Trump said on Truth Social, referring to Ms. Haley by a pejorative nickname he coined a few months ago.
“Just another scam! Ratings challenged FoxNews will play it to the hilt,” he continued. “Sununu now one of the least popular governors in the U.S. Real poll to follow.”
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, recently endorsed Ms. Haley for president in 2024, calling her “not some big government candidate with some big government mentality, but someone that can actually sit in the White House and say how do I put individuals first.”
Ms. Haley responded to the endorsement by saying: “It doesn’t get any better than this to go and get endorsed by the ‘Live Free or Die’ governor. It’s about as rock solid as an endorsement that we can get.”
‘Two Person Race’ vs ‘Fake Poll’
Ms. Haley has been gaining on President Trump in New Hampshire since September, with a poll released by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center on Dec. 20 showing her with 30 percent support among likely GOP primary voters, compared to President Trump’s 44 percent.
By Tom Ozimek
