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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc on Sen. Maggie Hassan’s abortion focus: ‘Get over it’ [1]

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Date: 2022-09-19 14:31:00+00:00

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc on Sen. Maggie Hassan’s abortion focus: ‘Get over it’ Bolduc says Hassan’s views are not in line with average the Granite Stater Share Copy Link Copy

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ADAM: PIVOT AND TRY TO PULL OFF ANOTHER. WHAT IS YOUR ARGUMENT AGAINST MAGGIE HASSAN? GEN. BOLDUC: SHE HAS FAILED GRANITE STATERS. SHE HAS NOT SERVED US WELL, AND SHE HAS BEEN A BAD SENATOR. LOOK AT EVERYTHING SHE HAS SUPPORTED IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS CREATED ALL THE HARDSHIPS ON OUR FAMILIES HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH HER FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY. SHE LIKES TO TOUT THAT SHE IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS SHE’S HAD -- SHE HAS VOTED ON BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST THAT HAS ADDED TO THE DEAD. 401 -- TO THE DEBT. 401(K)S PLUMMETING. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT PARTY YOU ARE IN. SHE IS NEGATIVELY AFFECTING IT, AND I WILL NOT. I WILL GO DOWN THERE TO REVERSE ALL OF THIS. THAT WILL RESONATE WITH PEOPLE. I AM NOT GOING DOWN THERE TO WORK FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL. I AM GOING DOWN THERE TO WORK FOR AN ESTATERS’ -- GRANITE STATERS’ RIGHTS. ADAM: SENATOR HASSAN IS ALREADY ATTACKING YOU FOR BEING EXTREME. GEN. BOLDUC: SHE WILL GO TO A VETERANS’ EVENT AND I AM A GREAT AMERICAN, THEN SHE TURNS AROUND AND CALLS ME AND EXTREMIST! SHE HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO. NAME-CALLING IS NOT GOING TO WORK. OUTSIDE INFLUENCES ARE NOT GOING TO WORK. ADAM: THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE, ABORTION IS ONE OF THEM. LINDSEY GRAHAM WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD AN ABORTION BAN. IT IS NO LONGER HYPOTHETICAL HERE. HOW WOULD YOU VOTE ON THAT BILL IN THE U.S. SENATE? GEN. BOLDUC: I WOULD VOTE NO. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WAY TOO MUCH IN OUR BUSINESS. THAT IS A MISGUIDED PIECE OF LEGISLATION. I WOULD RATHER HAVE LINDSEY GRAHAM PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION WE CAN ALL AGREE TO WHEN WE GET MAGGIE HASSAN OUT AND WE GO VOTE SO WE CAN CHANGE OUR ECONOMY, BECOME FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND SECURE THIS NATION. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT, THAT IS WHERE IT BELONGS. GRANITE STATERS WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY WORKING THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHE WANTS TO HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE. YOUR VIEWS ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE AVERAGE GRANITE STATER. GET OVER IT! THIS IS ABOUT THE ECONOMY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THIS NATION, WHICH YOU CANNOT DEFEND. ADAM: YOU WON THIS PRIMARY WITH LITTLE MONEY IN THE BANK, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER BALLGAME. CAN YOU MAKE UP THE GROUND ON THE FUNDRAISING FRONT? GEN. BOLDUC: ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY COMING IN. RICK SCOTT HAS PLEDGED HIS FULL SUPPORT. WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY WE NEED TO TAKE MAGGIE HASSAN ON AND BEAT HER AT HER OWN GAME AT THE TOP. WHERE SHE CANNOT BEAT ME IS THE BOTTOM-UP. SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATES. IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! YOU HAVE BEEN DICTATING THE TERMS UNTIL NOW AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE AT. WE ARE HURTING. I WILL DEBATE YOU ON EVERY STREET CORNER. I WILL SEE YOU AT EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE I AM GOING TO BE. GET READY TO DEFEND YOURSELF. GET READY TO TELL GRANITE STATERS WHY YOU LET THEM DOWN. THIS ELECTION SHOULD TELL PEOPLE THERE IS A CHANGE. THE TIDE IS CHANGING FROM POWER AND MONEY TO CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY. THAT IS WHAT MATTERS. ADAM: DO YOU WANT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO COME CAMPAIGN FOR YOU? GEN. BOLDUC: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD GREAT ECONOMIC POLICIES. HE HAD GREAT POLICIES THAT MADE OUR NATION SECURE. I WANT HIM TO COME STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH ME AND SUPPORT THOSE POLICIES THAT WORKED. EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE WERE NOT WORRIED ABOUT PAYING THE BILLS. NOW THEY ARE EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT PAYING THE BILLS BECAUSE BIDEN CHANGED IT AND HASSAN SUPPORTED IT. PLEASE COME, PLEASE DO NEXT TO ME, AND LET’S WIN THIS ON COMMON SENSE, CRITICAL THINKING, AND SUPPORTING GRANI

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