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Republicans running for New Hampshire governor discuss marijuana, NH constitution at 2022 Granite State Debate

Republicans running for New Hampshire governor discuss marijuana, NH constitution at 2022 Granite State Debate
THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY ARE. TODAY WE PUT THE LIGHTNING 15 SECOND ANSWERS HERE, AND THESE ARE ON YOUR FEET. QUESTION SO, MR. ACR, WHICH NEW ENGLAND STATE IS NEW HAMPSHIRE’S BEST NEIGHBOR, IN YOUR OPINION? WELL, I SURE CAN’T SAY THAT IT’S MASSACHUSETTS. IT’S DESPITE THE SEEMS LIKE HALF THEIR POPULATION WANTS TO MOVE HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS GREAT FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE. BUT APPARENTLY THERE’S A DECENT COHORT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT WANTS TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE MASS. MR. RILEY, MAINE, WE HAVE MORE, MORE IN COMMON WITH MAINE. MRS. TESTERMAN I WOULD HAVE SAID MAINE TO MR. RILEY. DO YOU THINK LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD ASSIST WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS? IT’S POSSIBLE, BUT RIGHT. I WOULD NOT PUT ANY MORE STRESS ON LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY ARE SO DOWN ON HEADCOUNT. I’M EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT WE’RE HEADING INTO PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF ASKING THEM TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL GET MORE MORE COPS ON THE STREET. MRS. TESTERMAN, HOW ABOUT YOU? THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A COUNTY SHERIFF. OUR. OUR ELECTED SHERIFF IS THE ONE WHO IS THE ONLY LAW WHO IS ELECTED. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE THAT’S STANDING UP FOR OUR PROTECTING THAT. HEY, MR. EAST MILFORD, WOULD YOU ALLOW. WE WOULD WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS? TO BE HONEST, I THINK I’D BE SOMETHING BE MORE SUITED TO. AS KAREN SAID, THE SHERIFFS AND THE STATE TROOPERS AT THE BORDER AT, THE BORDERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, NOT WITHIN THE STATE. I LIVED OUT IN CALIFORNIA. THEY HAD THEM EVERYWHERE AND OFTEN AND TURNING INTO A WHOLE LOT OF ABUSE. MRS. TESTERMAN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THE ONLY STATE IN NEW ENGLAND, OF COURSE, THAT HASN’T LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL USE OF CANNABIS. WOULD YOU SIGN LEGISLATION TO MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL? NO. I MIGHT. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT HAS A DEFINITE IMPACT ON A CHILD’S DEVELOPING BRAIN. AND AND THEN YOU GET THE SIDE EFFECTS OF OF SMOKE THAT YOU WOULD GET IF YOU WERE IN AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE SMOKING. MR. E-CIGARETTE, HOW ABOUT YOU? YES, I’M A MEMBER OF THE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CANNABIS COALITION, AND I WOULD DEFINITELY BE LEGALIZING BECAUSE THE WAR ON DRUGS IS SHOWN ABSOLUTELY NO METRICS OTHER THAN LOCKING UP AN ENTIRE GENERATION. I’M OKAY WITH MR. RILEY. LOOK AT OUR LOOK AT NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT NOW. WE’VE GOT FENTANYL PROBLEMS. WE’VE GOT OPIOID. THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER. THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY TO LEGALIZE IF IT’S POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE. DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT NOW. NEW HAMPSHIRE’S CONSTITU SHOULD FEATURES A BILL OF RIGHTS WITH 39 ARTICLES. FOR INSTANCE, 22 PRESERVES FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. ARTICLE 11 CONFERS VOTING RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES FREE ELECTIONS. SETTING ASIDE THOSE TWO EXAMPLES, WHICH ARTICLE IS YOUR FAVORITE AND WHY? MR. ASYUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE. I THINK IT’S. 241, TO BE HONEST. ANYTHING THAT RESTRICTS THE GOVERNOR’S POWERS IS A GOOD IDEA. MR. RILEY. NOW, I WOULD SAY ONE RIGHT WHERE IT ALL STARTS. ANY MORE SPECIFICS THAN THAT? I MEAN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NATURAL RIGHTS. THEY MATTER SO MUCH TO US. THESE ARE GOD GIVING GIFTS AND RIGHTS THAT WE’VE HAD IN OUR FOR FOR CENTURIES, FOR SORRY MILLENNIUMS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THOSE. NUMBER ONE, DEFINITELY MISSES TESTAMENT. NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE OF ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ONE HERE FOR YOU. WHO ARE YOU SUPPORTING IN THIS? NEW HAMPSHIRE’S REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE PRIMARY? MR. RILEY. BOY, THAT’S A TOUGH QUESTION. I LOVE THEM ALL. BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, GENERAL DON BULLDOG, HE’S AN INCREDIBLE HERO. I ADMIRE HIM MUCH EVERY DAY. AND MR. RACE HERE. I ENDORSE DON WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. I’VE NOT CHANGED ENDORSEMENT. I REPEATED IT AGAIN YESTERDAY. AND MRS. TESTERMAN, I WAS ON BOARD WITH GENERAL BALDOCK AT THE VERY, VERY BECAUSE I THE EYE OF THE LIONS OF KANDAHAR AND AT THE IN THAT HE HAD THE CHOICE OF HIS PERSON WHO WAS WRITING THIS BOOK HAD CHOICE OF FOLLOWING HIS UNIT WHICH IS PART OF HIS FAMILY. AND ARE GOING HOME AND TAKING CARE OF HOME. GENERA
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Republicans running for New Hampshire governor discuss marijuana, NH constitution at 2022 Granite State Debate
VIDEO: At the Granite State Debate involving the Republicans running for governor, candidates answer a variety of questions, including what they think is New Hampshire's best neighboring state, whether they would approve legal recreational cannabis, whether they think local police should assist with federal immigration checkpoints and what their favorite article of the New Hampshire Constitution is. Read the story here.

VIDEO: At the Granite State Debate involving the Republicans running for governor, candidates answer a variety of questions, including what they think is New Hampshire's best neighboring state, whether they would approve legal recreational cannabis, whether they think local police should assist with federal immigration checkpoints and what their favorite article of the New Hampshire Constitution is. Read the story here.

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