WATCH: Chris Pappas Discusses Stakes of the NH Senate Race, Trump Corruption, and John Sununu’s Support for Trump’s War in Iran 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 toss-up Senate race, the pervasive corruption in the Trump Administration, and John Sununu’s support for Trump’s costly war of choice in Iran..

Chris Pappas is running for Senate to lower costs for New Hampshire families and small businesses and create a freer, fairer future for Granite Staters. Trump-endorsed candidate John Sununu said he is running for Senate because this race is “important to President Trump’s agenda,” and he supports and has downplayed the worst parts of that agenda — including Trump’s war with Iran, Trump’s tariff taxes, and Trump’s cuts to health care.  

Watch the interview HERE and read more below.

On John Sununu’s Blanket Support for Trump’s Costly Agenda

  • “People know they’re paying four and a half bucks a gallon for gas. They know that diesel’s about $6.50 on average across the country. In New Hampshire, we’re heading into the winter months, and it’s getting colder, and so people are filling up their oil tanks for the winter. That can cost someone $1,000 to fill up their tank. It’s estimated to be 30 to 50 percent more expensive than it was last year. So these are real costs that Americans are bearing right now. And you know the administration can hide behind the numbers or manipulate the numbers, but that doesn’t change the reality that people are living through right now, and that’s why I’m hearing from folks across the board. Whether it’s Republican business owners, whether it’s independent voters, they do not trust Donald Trump’s leadership. They do not support this war. They know that it’s raising costs for Americans in real time. And whether it’s the war and the gas prices, the tariffs, the cuts to health care that are driving premiums higher, my opponent in this race, John Sununu, supports this agenda and will be another vote to champion Trump’s policies and to enable this agenda in Washington.”

On Donald Trump’s Self-Serving Priorities

  • “Donald Trump puts himself at the center of the universe and every day is thinking about how can he help himself? How can he continue to embellish his own bottom line? How can he grow his ego even more every day? It’s a shakedown for himself and his family. And yeah, it’s a ‘golden age’ if you’re getting a no-bid contract or if you’re Don Jr. getting a Russian oligarch to pay for a wedding reception, but for the rest of us it doesn’t feel like that.”

On Restoring Trust in Government

  • “I was visiting with a small business owner a few days ago, and he observed that during the tough years through the pandemic, he felt like the federal government had his back, and right now he says the government is working against him with high fuel costs, high tariffs that have made this the toughest year he’s ever been in business. So I’m hearing that across the board, and it’s not just coming from the usual corners of the Democratic base.”
  • “[Trump is] focused on himself every day. He’s corrupting government for his own purposes, and at every turn, it’s nothing but gross incompetence. You know, the people he’s selecting for critical positions are selected based on their loyalty to him, and he thinks he can bend the will of civil society, of media firms, of law firms, of the entire federal government to his every whim, and that’s why we need to say something about that this November.”
  • “Folks are hurting. It’s cutting across the normal party coalitions, and this is an opportunity that Democrats have to really expand the coalition, build trust with voters that haven’t voted Democratic in recent elections, and talk about the issues that they’re living through. We have it in our capacity to solve challenges to get our country on a better path for the future.”

On the Stakes of New Hampshire’s Must Win Senate Race

  • “I’ve got an opponent with a big family name that goes back decades and decades in New Hampshire politics. John Sununu was a U.S. senator before, his brother was just our governor, and he’s got Donald Trump’s complete and total endorsement — and they’re pumping in tens of millions of dollars, outspending us three to one on television. Help us hold this seat and flip the Senate majority. We can absolutely get that done on November 3rd, and then begin to unwind the damage that’s being caused to our democracy and right the ship in a way where we can translate the will of the people into some positive progress that the country is counting on right now.”

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