Shocker in Manchester’s Ward 6
@NHHouseofReps
race — after she congratulated Gagne, there was still counting left & it turns out Maxine Mosley won by a single vote. A flip for the Democrats.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
After getting a chair for a woman sitting on the floor,
@JoeBiden
brings the house down by saying “I want the press to know — she pulled me close!”
#FITN
#nhpolitics
We asked co-sponsor
@EricaForDerry
how she thinks teachers should approach a subject like the Three-fifths Compromise in the United States Constitution if HB 1255 -- which explicitly prohibits teaching that the U.S. was founded on racism -- was to become law.
#NHPolitics
This is only my 4th
#FITN
primary but I’ve never seen a candidate have more fun than
@AndrewYang
. He was doing calisthenics to warm up for this interview.
#nhpolitics
Candidate Cafe:
@RonDeSantis
, Dad to three kids under the age of 10, likes to save up the various treats & snacks he gets on the campaign trail and bring them back to his kids when he returns home
#FITN
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
It is with a heavy heart we at
@WMUR9
report the passing of our friend & colleague John DiStaso. Old-school, relentless & always first to report — we’ve lost a truly legendary figure in the world of political journalism. Rest In Peace, John.
#NHPolitics
#FITN
#WMUR
Striking a nerve: conservative crowd in New Hampshire responds with enthusiasm to
@VivekGRamaswamy
's call for cross-border military action to stop drug cartels in Mexico
#FITN
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
The debate over
#COVID19
vaccine funding pitted
@GovChrisSununu
vs. fellow Republicans on the Executive Council. Sununu told them their reservations were "based on fantasy" & their insistence he try to stop private sector mandates amounted to "pure communism."
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
Watch:
@jonahowheeler
, one of the more progressive members of the
@NHHouseofReps
, explains why he is supporting the amended version of HB 619, prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
Rep. Mike Sylvia, (R) Belmont, introducing a constitutional amendment to have N.H. declare its independence (secede) from the United States:
"Some believe that the question of independence has been settled. If so, then our state's sovereignty has been stolen."
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#WMUR
Jennifer Given, AP World History Teacher, took a personal day to testify at the State House against HB1255, an act relative to teachers' loyalty, which would prohibit teachers from advocating socialism, Marxism or teaching that the U.S. was founded on racism.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
If you think
@AmyKlobuchar
&
@PeteButtigieg
truly hate each other's guts because of their debate dust-ups, here's some evidence they are two very competitive people who can still share a fun moment in passing in
#FITN
NH. Few candidate run-ins at
@WMUR
are this cordial.
Big get for
@VivekGRamaswamy
in New Hampshire:
@FredDoucetteNH
, one of the original & earliest Trump supporters in NH, is endorsing & advising Ramaswamy in the 2024
#FITN
GOP primary. "I haven't felt this excited, energized & enthused, inspired in a while."
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
The Brentwood
@NHHouseofReps
recount is complete. Turer, (D), loses one vote in the process but the outcome of the race is unchanged. Democrats hold the seat.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
Manchester NAACP President
@jtmckim
is troubled by this attempt to prohibit the teaching of racism's role in America's founding. He says the white supremacist views of the Founding Fathers are historical fact & "permeated the way they crafted the Constitution."
#NHPolitics
Heading into the final weeks of the
#FITN
New Hampshire primary,
@AndrewYang
is drawing bigger crowds & projecting confidence: “I think we’re going to shock the world.”
#nhpolitics
#WMUR
Sources tell
@WMUR9
that
@ChrisSununu
will endorse
@NikkiHaley
tonight at a town hall event in Manchester. Non-Trump
#FITN
candidates competed for the Governor's backing for months; now this coveted endorsement will be put to into action on the campaign trail.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
The perils of the narrow
@NHHouseGOP
majority on full display as
@NHHouseDems
gain numbers advantage & manage to pass HB430, a bill requiring students applying for an Education Freedom Account to attend one year of public school first. Bill goes to Finance Cmte.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
NH Board of Ed's
@ryanterrellnh
opposes CRT, but says HB1255 goes too far: "What conversations can we have that acknowledge the... deep-rooted racism in our country, but also acknowledges our country is a great place... and empower students to learn about both sides."
#NHPolitics
In an interview for CloseUp
@NikkiHaley
responds to comments made about her name on
@TheView
earlier this week: "It's amazing to me how liberal Democrats, they can't stand that a minority female would be a conservative Republican. They just can't take it."
#FITN
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
As a hard-fought
#NH01
Republican primary comes to a close,
@kleavittnh
says she wears attacks against her as "...a badge of honor. As President Trump said, if they're attacking you it's because you're over the target... that's why we're going to win tomorrow."
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
Rounding out this particular poll... Per
@SaintAnselmPoll
11.1% of voters are undecided. Polling conducted July 10-12. 351 NH registered voters interviewed. MOE 5.2%. Candidates not pictured in this thread were not polled.
#FITN
#nhpolitics
It should be noted that
@SenatorShaheen
&
@SenatorHassan
received the vaccine after the assault on the U.S. Capitol, upon advice of the attending physician of Congress. Senators were in close quarters & unable to distance because they were hiding from an angry mob.
#NHPolitics
This is peak New Hampshire: the power is out in Weare due to the Nor'easter, so town elections are being conducted by flashlight
#NHPolitics
#FITN
#WMUR
At a time when very few Democrats are sticking up for NH,
@RoKhanna
is here in a snow storm to show support & explain what he thinks the party will lose if it follows through with DNC plans to destroy the
#FITN
primary: "...it becomes much more about big money"
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
New Hampshire Attorney General
@JohnFormella
explains why the state is joining a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration's OSHA vaccine requirements: "The Constitution and the law is not something that should be worked around."
@NH_DOJ
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
The 2022 sequel to this year’s ‘divisive concepts’ debate is about to get underway, and it involves an obscure Cold War-era anti-Communist law enforcing “teachers’ loyalty”
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
Today Lily Tang Williams
@Lily4Liberty
is officially launching her 2024 campaign for Congress in
#NH02
. She earned 25% of the vote in last year’s GOP primary & is hoping to build on that base of support.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
At the
@NRA
convention in Indianapolis,
@ChrisSununu
touts NH law passed last year barring state enforcement of federal gun laws: "You're the federal government, we're the states, we go first. Federal government, shove it!"
#FITN
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
“There will be a woman on the ticket.” —
@CoryBooker
essentially commits to naming a woman as his VP candidate, if he wins the democratic nomination
#FITN
#nhpolitics
#WMUR
The likely dem voters in the
@SaintAnselmPoll
had very strong opinions about who should *not* be running, including 91% who say
@HillaryClinton
(who recently said she’s “under enormous pressure” to think about running again) shouldn’t join the
#FITN
race.
#nhpolitics
#WMUR
A remarkable exchange this morning in the Fiscal Committee as NH-HHS Commissioner Lori Shibinette tells the House Finance Chairman, Rep. Ken Weyler (R) Kingston, that he is spreading misinformation about the
#COVID19
vaccine.
#NHPolitics
#WMUR
It sounds like Sen. John Reagan just called Sen. Carson a “b****” for recessing a hearing to take a doctor’s call re: her hospitalized daughter
#NHPolitics
Not impressed:
@ChrisSununu
thinks the GOP presidential field is botching the response to Trump's second indictment.
"If you're not coming down hard on a guy that's 40 points ahead of you in the polls when he's being indicted - what's going on?"
#FITN
#NHPolitics
#WMUR