I am currently running for NH State Representative in Atkinson, NH. In a recent campaign mailing, my opponent, Kate Delfino, accused me of supporting “efforts to make abortion illegal in NH.”
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This makes me sound like an extremist zealot whose sole purpose in seeking a state office is to completely ban a currently legal procedure.
My opponent’s attack is indicative of a larger problem affecting Republican campaigns nationwide: an obsessive and distorting focus by Democrats on the issue of abortion.
What I support above all else is the democratic process. With knowledge of my pro-life views made explicitly clear throughout my campaign, voters are free to vote for someone else. If the majority vote for me, however, they will be sending a representative to Concord who will not only support legislation defending the most vulnerable—the unborn—but also someone who will accept resultant laws even if I disagree with them.
On a larger scale, the single-minded attention of Democrats on this one issue as they criticize federal candidates is illogical. Following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Congress doesn’t even have jurisdiction over abortion legislation anymore. Desperate Democrats are deflecting the focus from all the other important issues in this election, especially those regarding economics, education, and election integrity because they don’t have viable solutions to the urgent problems confronting our states and our country. Don’t fall for their “red herring” tactics!
