Trump Campaign Ousts Volunteer Over His Warning About New Hampshire: Report

Source: Newsweek

Published Sep 02, 2024 at 9:09 PM EDT


A Donald Trump campaign volunteer in Massachusetts "will no longer have any involvement" in the campaign after he warned in an email that New Hampshire was "no longer a battleground state," according to the Boston Globe on Monday.

In an email, which was obtained by the Globe, Tom Mountain, a Massachusetts volunteer for the Trump campaign, wrote to other Trump volunteers in the state that "the campaign has determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state," and instead directed supporters to focus on Pennsylvania, another battleground state.

Mountain continued in his email by stating that Trump was "sure to lose by an even higher margin" in New Hampshire than in 2016 and 2020, citing "campaign data/research." In 2020, Joe Biden won the state with 52 percent of the vote to Trump's 45 percent, while in 2016, Hillary Clinton was able to carry the state by around 2,700 votes. In addition, Mountain claimed resources would be suspended and the campaign would not send Trump or high-profile figures central to the campaign to the state.

However, in an emailed response to Newsweek, Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied Mountain's claims and reiterated the campaign's efforts in New Hampshire stating it "maintains an on-the-ground presence" in the state.

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