WATCH: Chris Pappas Discusses Stakes of the NH Senate Race, Donald Trump’s Corrupt Agenda, and John Sununu’s Connection to Jeffrey Epstein on MeidasTouch 

MANCHESTER, N.H. — In case you missed it, Congressman Chris Pappas joined Ben Meiselas on MeidasTouch to discuss the stakes of New Hampshire’s Senate race, which Democrats need to win so they can stand up to Donald Trump’s reckless agenda, and his opponent John Sununu’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Watch the interview HERE and read more below.

On the Stakes of New Hampshire’s Senate Race

“This is a moment where we have to take on the big fights. We have to respond to the existential threat to our democracy. We have to give people a stake in the future and talk about how we create opportunities to make this economy fairer, to make our country freer, to support the needs of working families, small businesses, and communities. We’re working to deliver that in New Hampshire. This race matters because, if we lose this seat, we’re never going to be able to flip the majority in the U.S. Senate. Meaning, over the next couple years, Donald Trump’s going to have more ability to enact his agenda. He’s going to be able to get potentially two more Supreme Court nominations through the Senate. We need senators who are willing to put the needs of our country first, hold the line against a reckless administration and focus on the future, and that’s what we’re working to do.”

On John Sununu Running to Push Trump’s Agenda

“But the fact is, a vote for John Sununu is a vote for Donald Trump. He supports Trump’s policies. He stands with Trump in this campaign. He supports the tariffs, the cuts to healthcare, the tax breaks for the rich and biggest corporations, and everything that’s making our country less well off, less safe right now. He stands with Trump on the war, which we know is setting back our national security, our ability to work with our partners and allies to keep our country safe, and is raising gas prices and energy costs for Americans at home. So, that’s the stakes in this election: whether we want someone who’s going to be a yes-man for this president, who is incredibly reckless, is ignoring the will of the American people, or whether we’re going to put the needs of working families and our small businesses first by fighting for a fairer economy, standing up for what’s right in Washington, and actually working to translate the will of the voters into solutions around healthcare, childcare, housing-all the issues that people are talking about right now.”

On John Sununu Being a Poster Child for the Epstein Class

“My opponent John Sununu, who’s really a poster child for the Epstein class, he was in the Senate before. He had strong connections with Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street, and then, when he was defeated by voters, really fed at the corporate trough in Washington on K Street for the last 18 years. But the fact is, he was caught in the line by The Washington Post. He said he had never been to Qatar. This was in an email exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Boris Nikolic, who was headed to this World Economic Forum conference in Qatar, at a conference that John Sununu attended. John Sununu said he wasn’t there. The Washington Post found evidence that, in fact, he was there. It is meaningful because in the emails that came out, Epstein said to Boris, ‘John Sununu has good stories.’ So, there’s more information that we need about why Epstein would say that about John Sununu. I think he needs to come clean about what he knows. The voters of New Hampshire deserve answers, and they deserve to have someone representing them in the Senate who’s going to stand up against the abuses of the Epstein class. Who’s going to fight for transparency and justice for the victims, as we’ve been working to do on a bipartisan basis in Congress. But this is an issue where he was caught lying, and now we need to know what else he knows.”

On the Republican Corruption and the Recklessness of the Trump Administration

“When we have a corrupt government that’s serving the interests of the billionaire class, the Epstein class, the corporate special interests, it means that they’re not looking out for families, that they’re not investing to the degree we need to affordable housing. Their agenda to cut health care is going to result in hospitals and community health centers closing in my state and all across the country. So, I think about the people’s lives that are being impacted by these policies, and it’s not just Democrats. I meet a lot of Republicans who are so opposed to the overreach with respect to immigration enforcement and the policies that are targeting immigrant communities. I talk to Republicans who are vehemently opposed to this war of choice in Iran, that’s reckless, not making our country any safer. I talk to independent voters who don’t live in a political bubble, but who have seen their health insurance premiums double or triple as a result of Republican inaction on healthcare costs in Washington. So this is something that people are feeling across the board. There’s an opportunity for Democrats to have a bigger conversation with voters, maybe who haven’t traditionally pulled a ballot for us in the last few election cycles, about the future, about how everyone should have a stake and a voice, about how we can put some meaningful solutions on the table that will truly lower costs, make this economy fairer, and confront the the damage to our democracy.”

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