WOW, just WOW. That is my initial response to Karen Testerman’s article (hit piece) titled “Dilemma for Whom?” This article makes me immensely sad, and the fact it was written in the first place is absolutely mind-blowing to a group of patriots (me being a huge one) who supported her.
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I and thousands of others campaigned hard for Karen, from sign waves to being outside during her debate, from sample ballots to social media, from videos to standing at the polls, and so much more. All the precious time and people’s hard-earned money were sacrificed for Karen because she was The Resolve’s pick for Governor.
This article, THIS rhetoric, is just one prime example of why the party is standing on quicksand.
Let’s take the article’s allegations and break them down…
Did I violate the party bylaws? If I did, then didn’t Karen Testerman as well?
1. I was not a NHGOP voting committee member when we did The Resolve in 2022; I was voted in as a committee member long after the November election was done. The Resolve was born because I was a working mom trying to find the best individuals to vote for… people who would legislate with integrity and represent my family and our conservative values.
2. Didn’t the person writing these allegations support The Resolve initiative? I can recall seeing this same person promote The Resolve all summer long, and she even had a sign on her car. How soon do we forget that this author asked me to be at the state house in the SOS office when she declared her candidacy for NH Governor?
3. Is Karen saying she did not support Lily Tang Williams while she was a committee member? Did Lily not pop in to say hello to the entire NHGOP toward the end of the annual meeting in January? She is a Republican, right?
4. We know many elected/non-elected “Republicans” that are Libertarians (many were free staters, too)… our current House Majority Leader and the Merrimack Area Vice Chair are/were, but that is not an issue for anyone, right? How far should we take this line of thinking? Should all those who affiliate with the Libertarian party and run as Republicans be removed and/or get pushed out too? How is that unifying those against this globalist, woke, destructive progressive agenda?
I do not understand your rationale for this article, but I am thankful for the clarity and wisdom that it brings.
Comparing me to Thad Riley (I heard he apologized to the Executive Committee) or, even worse, Kevin Smith, who are promoting progressives? Come on, Karen, really? I can’t even believe you could write that garbage. How about you address Thad Riley and Kevin Smith, for endorsing progressive liberals instead of kicking a rock-solid conservative in the head who will not settle for anything but candidates with integrity?
I will always do what is right and just for my boys and work to elect people who will keep this globalist communist “China as a role model” agenda out of our towns, cities, state, and country. That means I will NEVER be the go-along to get-along “Republican.” That distorted mindset is one of many reasons we are in this mess in the first place.
I am as real of a Republican as it gets. If you want to disparage me because I may sometimes support an individual unwilling to rubber stamp and shepherd in communism over someone with an R next to their name, which has proven otherwise, that’s on you! That, Karen, is the definition of a true “Karen.”
Many in the NH grassroots and part of We the People NH have voiced their desire out of the dysfunction of the NHGOP. I have not given up on the party yet, but your less-than-warm and fuzzy article does not give your former supporters or me much hope for the future. Those people referenced above have taken it upon themselves to lay the groundwork for something different, and who am I to tell them no?
I will close with this; we, the voters, are done with this destructive behavior dismantling the foundation of our country. The NHGOP needs to embrace anyone who does not want to become communist China right now. Articles like this are not building a winning slate for 2024; it is not building the unity everyone desperately wants and needs. It creates the opposite, a spirit of division, and wastes time and energy. Hence why Democrats eat our lunch; they love this; it adds fuel to their fire.
We the People NH, are productively staying focused. If you are tired of the uni-party crap and the infighting, find us on Facebook, join our weekly strategy calls every Sunday night, or visit the website at WeThePeopleNH.org
Stay free, NH. Together, we have strength and safety in numbers. You are not alone in wanting something you can trust!
