So, It’s Okay to Attack Republicans, Then?

For all the prattle about Reagan’s 11th Commandment and despite months of seemingly endless exhortations not to attack Republicans in this election cycle, when it comes down to it, State Senate Republicans are more interested in entrenched power. Emily Phillips is challenging Senator Gannon in a primary, and the Republican State Senate PAC appears willing to do what it takes to protect him.

This is a low blow by the “Republican” state senators via their PAC.

Isn’t it a Saul Alinskey tactic to accuse your enemies of what you yourself are guilty of?

Who are the fake Republicans?

Compare @EmilyforNH’s HRA scores with any of the NH State Senators and it is clear.… pic.twitter.com/ggowWLX4sF
— Leah Cushman (@LeahCushmanNH) August 6, 2024

The image suggests a contradiction, and I’ll be clear: Emily had a few votes that made me shake my head, but it’s hard to beat a State Senator when it comes to allowing or supporting bad legislation to get to the Governor’s desk. It is also challenging to comport the case that the Senate PAC appears to have made on masking school kids when she was a prime sponsor of a bill to prohibit schools from having the power to do that. We’ll be here all day if we need to fisk the pandemic era for bad ideas people supported before they didn’t. Limiting that task to sitting State Senators who didn’t do the right thing would prove a burden.

Are REAL Republicans going to stand up for @EmilyforNH? Despicable TV ad with doctored image of a mask on her face. Our mask bill was vetoed by @GovChrisSununu.@NHGOP @KristinNobleNH @NHSenateGOP @CTEHR @NHHouseGOP @NewHampJournal @AdamSextonWMUR https://t.co/FvQGGdvsUP pic.twitter.com/uZnSSdGYUI
— Kelley4NH (@KelleyPotenza) August 6, 2024

By the way, I am not saying don’t attack Republicans. We do it on these pages as a matter of principle based on their failure to adhere to any, but we’re not here for the Party. We’re here for the people. The State Senate Republicans appear to be here for the Party (leadership controls the PAC; I’m not saying every Republican in the Senate supports this) as long as they can attack fellow Republicans, which is what we’re going to get in this State Senate race to buckle yourselves in. Things are about to get very interesting.

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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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