NH lawmakers, Sununu react to proposal to bump first-in-the-nation main

WASHINGTON (WCAX) – A plan proposed by President Joe Biden and the Democratic Nationwide Committee to radically reorder the celebration’s presidential main course of is getting a damaging response from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and the state’s congressional delegation.

The president’s course comes because the DNC guidelines committee gathers in Washington on Friday to vote on shaking up the presidential main calendar beginning in 2024. Members now anticipate to approve new guidelines placing South Carolina first, adopted by New Hampshire and Nevada on the identical day per week later.

‘This was Joe Biden’s resolution, and as soon as once more, he blew it,” Governor Chris Sununu stated in an announcement Friday. “For over 100 years, we have now set the mannequin for the remainder of the nation with persistently excessive voter turnout and correct election outcomes. It’s a horrible disservice by Democrats to attempt to strip Granite Staters of the First within the Nation standing that they’ve labored onerous and earned time and time once more. The excellent news is that our main will nonetheless be first and the nation is not going to be held to a substandard course of dictated by Joe Biden and the Democrat Occasion.”

All 4 members of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation and the state’s democratic celebration chair additionally strongly oppose the proposal.

“…Make no mistake, New Hampshire’s legislation is obvious and our main will proceed to be First within the Nation. New Hampshire does democracy higher than anyplace else, and makes higher candidates and higher presidents because of our First within the Nation Major. Due to our state’s small measurement, candidates from all walks of life – not simply those with the biggest conflict chests – are in a position to compete and interact within the distinctive retail politics which might be a trademark of our state. This ensures that candidates are battle-tested and able to compete for our nation’s highest workplace,” Senator Maggie Hassan stated in an announcement.

“In New Hampshire, it doesn’t matter how a lot cash you’ve got, the place you come from or who is aware of your identify – in our main, everybody has a good shot. It’s tremendously disappointing that the President failed to grasp the distinctive function that New Hampshire performs in our candidate choice course of as the primary main state,” Senator Jeanne Shaheen stated in an announcement.

“New Hampshire will nonetheless host the primary within the nation main in accordance with our state legislation. The primary within the nation main can’t be granted or revoked by the DNC, and I look ahead to New Hampshire persevering with to host sturdy presidential primaries into the long run,” Congresswoman Annie Kuster stated in an announcement.

The New Hampshire Democratic Chair Ray Buckley stated the state has survived previous makes an attempt to maneuver the first and can survive this.

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