Trump Blasts Nikki Haley On MSNBC To Erode Support Among Democrats

Former President Donald Trump is taking his case against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to an usual audience: the overwhelmingly Democratic viewership of MSNBC.

The 30-second TV spot blasts Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, for proposing an increase in Social Security’s retirement age for future retirees. The segment, which the Trump campaign posted on X on Thursday, includes a news clip in which Haley says that the country must raise the retirement age for people in their 20s to “reflect life expectancy.”

“Americans were promised a secure retirement. Nikki Haley’s plan ends that,” the narrator says as footage of a diverse array of seniors appear on screen.

Semafor reported on Saturday that the Trump campaign was deliberately airing the ad on MSNBC to reach Democrats who are considering voting for Haley in New Hampshire’s open primary.

New Hampshire, where even Republican voters lean a bit more libertarian than “MAGA,” is the early primary state where Trump is most likely to suffer an upset defeat.

Haley has been climbing in the polls in the Granite State. As of Sunday, she trails Trump by just 11 percentage points, according to an average of public polls .

Axios reported on Sunday that Haley stands to pick up support from Democrats and independents in the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Several of those voters told Axios that they are caucusing for her in a bid to block Trump’s path to the Republican nomination.

The Trump campaign has apparently concluded that Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents are part of her base of support in New Hampshire as well.

But hitting Haley for wanting to cut Social Security could also help Trump with some conservative voters wary of attacks on