On January 31 of this year, my husband, Stephen Scaer, and I stood outside Nashua High School North holding signs while people were walking in for the Nashua Board of Education meeting.
Members of the Nashua Teachers’ Union and their supporters held signs in support of a new teachers’ contract. Former state senator and current candidate for NH Secretary of State, Melanie Levesque, was there in support of the teachers.
I was carrying a large sign that said “No Puberty Blockers” and my husband’s sign was an oversized image of the cover of the book “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” by Abigail Shrier. We were peaceful and respectful and I was taking pictures of the elected officials there in support of the teachers including Sen. Lou Allesandro and Sen. Cindy Rosenwald, without any issue.
When I walked over to the group of teachers to take pictures of them, I was assaulted by a teacher who pushed me off the sidewalk by walking backward into me and she would have knocked me over if another teacher hadn’t intervened. I went back to the group of elected officials, which included former state senator Melanie Levesque, expecting they would be better behaved, but I was mistaken.
Related: I Was Roughed Up at a Teachers’ Rally
When I picked up my phone to take Melanie’s picture, Melanie suddenly charged at me with her Nashua Teachers’ Union sign in front of her as if to hit me with it and she stopped just short of doing so. I was not saying anything or making any gestures and I was a respectful distance away when I took the picture. There was no reason for her to do what she did except to physically intimidate me to get me and my sign off the sidewalk.
Is this the kind of hotheaded behavior that New Hampshire needs from a Secretary of State?
On Organization Day, December 7, New Hampshire legislators should vote for David Scanlan, who has proven himself to be a well-qualified, even-tempered Secretary of State.
Learn more about the harms of puberty blockers at sidewalksteve.org.
