Trump Takes Aim at New Hampshire’s GOP Primary System

The former president says opponent Nikki Haley is ‘counting on Democrats and liberals to infiltrate’ the state’s Republican primaries.

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump talks to supporters during a campaign rally at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, N.H. on Jan. 17, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Former president Donald Trump, during a Jan. 17 campaign speech in New Hampshire, criticized the state’s Republican primary system that allows unaffiliated residents to vote.

After President Trump won a record-shattering victory by a nearly 30-point margin in the Iowa Caucus, candidates are turning their attention to the next contest in the Granite State.