Trump Falsely Claims New Hampshire General Election Wins, Haley Polling, in Victory Speech

After winning the New Hampshire Republican primary on January 23, 2024, Donald Trump delivered a victory speech filled with false and misleading claims. He falsely stated that he won the New Hampshire general elections in both 2016 (which he lost to Hillary Clinton by 2,736 votes) and 2020 (which he lost to Joe Biden by nearly 60,000 votes). He misleadingly claimed that registered Democrats were allowed to vote in the Republican primary, when only Republicans and undeclared voters could participate after an October 6 party-switching deadline. Trump also falsely claimed Nikki Haley 'doesn't win' general election polls against Biden (she led in 8 of 17 recent polls) and that Democrats 'want to raise your taxes times four,' a proposal not supported by Biden or congressional leaders. He additionally repeated debunked claims about illegal immigration and the 2020 election, including that Democrats used COVID-19 to 'cheat.' The pattern of falsehoods prompted live fact-checks from both CNN...

“This is a great, great state. We won New Hampshire three times now, and we win it every time. We win the primary, we win the generals.” Quote verified against source