For nearly a year, Republicans in the Granite State were promised Trump alternatives for the First in the Nation primary; instead, the choice tonight comes down to Trump, and his 91 felony charges, or Trump’s former UN ambassador who agrees with him on nearly every issue.
“Trump’s MAGA extremism has taken over the Republican Party. It’s why Nikki Haley agrees with him on nearly every issue including restricting abortion rights, enforcing cruel immigration policy, and ending Social Security and Medicare as we know it,” said American Bridge 21st Century President Campaigns Communications Director. “No matter the outcome in New Hampshire tonight, the Republican primary is set to produce a candidate eying an extremist agenda for the nation over the next four years.”
Take a closer look at the similarities between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump:
Abortion Rights
Trump:
- Nominated the three conservative Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
- Ran ads in Iowa touting his anti-abortion rights record.
Haley:
- Celebrated the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
- Signed a law banning abortion in South Carolina without exceptions for rape or incest.
Immigration
Trump:
- Promised to invest taxpayer dollars in mass deportations of undocumented people.
Haley:
- Committed to mass deportations of undocumented people.
Entitlement Cuts
Trump:
- Promised to cut entitlements in 2020.
- Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposed cutting Medicare by $500 billion over a decade.
- Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposed billions in cuts to Social Security and disability insurance over a decade.
Haley:
- Made entitlement reform a cornerstone of her campaign platform.
- Proposed raising the retirement age for young Americans.
Taxes
Trump:
- Planning another massive corporate tax giveaway in a second term.
Haley:
- Supported the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which gave massive tax breaks to corporations.
Democracy
Trump:
- Spent several years flagrantly undermining pillars of American democracy such as:
- Spreading lies about voter fraud and election rigging.
- Spreading misinformation about mail-in voting.
- Encouraging a violent and deadly insurrection to overturn a presidential election he lost.
- Suggesting he will defy presidential term limits codified in the U.S. Constitution.
- Attacking U.S. intelligence agencies designed to keep Americans safe and firing intelligence directors who disagreed with him.
- Attacking free press and media networks that disagree with him.
Haley:
- Would pardon Trump if found guilty on any of the criminal indictments facing the former president.
Published: Jan 23, 2024 | Last Modified: Jan 31, 2024