Democrats in New Hampshire find themselves at risk and are actually distancing themselves from President Joe Biden. The New Hampshire Democratic Party is actually criticizing the president’s policies and performance.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D., N.H.), is hanging on to a slim advantage in her race this November, knocked Biden for stopping the work on the wall at the southern border. She also called for more durable surveillance and enforcement for America’s borders.
“I’ll continue to stand up to the Biden administration on the issue of securing the border, listening to our frontline personnel down there about needing more border agents, more technology,” Hassan said. “In some places, we need more physical barrier.”
She claims to oppose Biden’s student debt forgiveness program.
“I don’t support canceling all student debt,” Hassan said. “I have always focused on how you lower the overall cost of higher education and provide workforce training opportunities.”
Rep. Chris Pappas (D., N.H.) criticized Biden for “paint[ing] with too broad of a brush” in his speeches attacking Republicans. “That divisive rhetoric all around is poisonous to our democracy,” Pappas told Axios.
Republican governor Chris Sununu said that New Hampshire Democrats’ tough talk toward Biden is simply posturing. Sununu told Axios that Hassan has been in “lockstep” with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) for years, “and then in the last couple months, she panics and tries to convince people that she’s some kind of moderate.”
The Washington Free Beacon spoke to New Hampshire citizens, who likewise mentioned they don’t buy Hassan’s bipartisan pose.
“I don’t buy the bipartisan talk,” one New Hampshire construction worker said. “There’s a big divide and nothing is getting done.”
