Dave Testerman: Without GOP force in Concord our state would no longer be free

To The Daily Sun,

Well, it’s the time when state candidates are running around their districts attempting to convince you, the voters, that they are the next best thing to sliced bread. Of course I don’t know why I should compare myself to sliced bread. I actually like my wife’s homemade sour dough. It’s a true bread and the starter also makes wonderful waffles. So what does this have to do with my re-election campaign to re-gain a seat that pays a whopping $100 per year? I want to make New Hampshire a better place without artificial ingredients. I want to Make New Hampshire Great Again!

Last term the Republicans were in a minority after a 2018 rout. We saw the opposition try to force an agenda of anti-gun laws, an income tax, higher utility rates, and every other radical left-wing idea they could imagine. If there wasn’t a governor who handed back a record number of vetoes and a solid Republican block to sustain those vetoes, New Hampshire would no longer be free. I don’t want to take a chance like that again. This is why I am working to get myself and a large majority of principled Republican Representatives elected. May I have your vote on November 3?

The House only meets at the call (whim) of the speaker and while we hid with our blankies (mask) over our heads, all work stopped except for backroom dealings. So instead of meeting weekly to conduct the business of the state, we only met three times. The Democrats picked over the bills they wanted and tried to force feed them down our throats at the UNH ice arena. The arena allowed proper distances as well as adequate room to “take a knee” during the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem. The speaker said nothing to reprimand those members of his party when they demonstrated disrespect for our country, but he tearfully chastised those of us in the unmasked Freedom Seats.

My wife and I listened to Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota speak last week. She is a governor who understands her constitutional role. When this foolishness with Covid hit she listened to the “experts” and fellow governors and then asked her legal and policy people what she could do within the restraints of the constitution. She decided to be completely open with her citizens. She did not say who was essential and non-essential. She reminded the citizens of their responsibilities to decide what they needed to do to protect them selves and others. She provided all the information, support and PPE necessary and targeted aid to places like nursing homes. She did not require masks or lock downs or hundreds of pages of “guidelines” like our king/governor. She was the only governor with the backbone to trust her people and it worked. I predict you will hear about her in four years.

Rep. Dave Testerman

Hill and Franklin

Franklin