NH Primary Source: Morse named to Republican Legislative Campaign Committee executive panel
Nationwide political group focused on electing Republicans to state legislatures Share Updated: 5:04 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021
Nationwide political group focused on electing Republicans to state legislatures Share Updated: 5:04 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 (New Hampshire Primary Source is a regular feature of WMUR s political coverage.)EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT. State Senate President Chuck Morse on Monday was named to the executive committee of the largest national political organization focused on electing Republicans to state legislatures across the country.Morse was among about 30 state lawmakers from 30 states tapped for a leadership role by the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, one of several GOP groups operating as part of the Republican State Leadership Committee.Morse was instrumental in the Senate Republican caucus’ 2020 election campaign, in which th
Calling House Speaker Dick Hinchâs death from COVID-19 a âtragic and cautionary tale,â Gov. Chris Sununu said Thursday that everyone shares the responsibility for stopping the spread of the virus.
âI would say this: It is unfortunately a tragic and cautionary tale ⦠that everybody has such a responsible role to play in protecting the safety of others and not just themselves,â Sununu said.
The 71-year-old Merrimack Republican died Wednesday at his home.
Sununu said he has faith that legislative leaders will create operating rules for the upcoming 2021 session that keep lawmakers, staff and the general public safe. But the Newfields Republican had choice words for elected officials who have flouted the statewide mask requirement and other restrictions intended to prevent wider community transmission of COVID-19.
what do you hope to find in your life after elective office? you know when i joined the senate three years ago my first elective office. i said i wanted to leave with integrity and respect from my constituents and from myself. so i an leaving the office. certainly not on my terms. certainly with the self-respect, and integrity, and so i would want that for every elected official. because that s, i mean, in the end all you have is yourself. you are looking at yourself in the mirror. senator morse, what would you tell your colleagues is the lesson of this story. so i really think, from a distance, the lesson appears to be, you know, you can t dupe thi can t do this. the nra will take you out. if you look beneath the surface. the nra was able to turn out 9,100 votesen my d ein my distr. a weird confluence. we didn t get mail-in ballots.
vote. i know i have not one iota regret for what i voted on. [ cheers and applause ] so we can all be proud of the work that we did, and we have a little more work to do, right? so this is going to make us stronger and better off the awe we have miles to go and the highest rank in a democracy is citizen. not senate president. so soon along with many of you, i will hold that rank and there is nothing citizens can t accomplish when they put their minds to accomplishing it. joining me is senators john
and am still proud i took that vote. senator morse, giron. thank you for joining us tonight. you have the admiration of of believers in what you have done all over the country. thank you very much. you are welcome. thank you, lawrence. coming up george zimmerman was handcuffed and accused of threatening his estranged wife with a gun and hitting her father. so why wasn t he arrested? next with the story. and later anthony weiner waves a special good-bye to the new york press. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.