The Perfect Enemy | Karoline Leavitt, Chris Pappas discuss whether new COVID-19 shutdowns might be needed

Karoline Leavitt, Chris Pappas discuss whether new COVID-19 shutdowns might be needed

HILL. AND COMMITMENT 2022 EVERY ELECTION SEASON. WE WANT YOU TO GET TO KNOW EACH CANDIDATE’S POSITION ON THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES. TONIGHT, WE’RE HEARING FROM THE CANDIDATES IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE. WE ASKED, ARE THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU SEE NEEDING FUTURE QUARANTINES OR SHUTDOWNS BECAUSE OF COVID 19? WE CANNOT ALLOW THE POWER HUNGRY BUREAUCRAT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND IN DEMOCRAT LED CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY GET AWAY WITH WHAT HAPPENED. COVID 19. IT WAS ABSOLUTE TRAGIC THAT CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOMS FOR TWO YEARS. IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TELLING BUSINESSES WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN STAY OPEN OR SHOULD CLOSE. I’M FROM A SMALL BUSINESS FAMILY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I UNDERSTAND FIRSTHAND THAT YOU NEED TO YOUR DOORS OPEN TO NOT ONLY PROTECT YOUR OWN LIVELIHOOD, BUT THE LIVELIHOODS OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WHO COUNT ON YOU EVERY SINGLE WEEK FOR A PAYCHECK TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE OF OUR STATE. AND I WILL GO TO WASHINGTON TO ENSURE THE GOVERNMENT, STAYS OUT OF OUR LIVES, OF OUR ECONOMY, OUR EDUCATION. CHRIS PAPPAS WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP. ON NOVEMBER, THE EIGHTH. WELL, I THINK THE VIRUS HAS CHANGED IN A WAY WHERE IT’S NOT GETTING PEOPLE AS SICK AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST CIRCULATING AMONG OUR POPULATION. AND WE NOW HAVE FOLKS BECAUSE OF THE VACCINE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN SICK, WHO HAVE IMMUNITY TO THE VIRUS AS IT EXISTS TODAY. SO OUR LIVES MOVING FORWARD. PEOPLE ARE BACK IN SCHOOL. PEOPLE ARE BACK AT WORK. THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD BE. AND I THINK WE’VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY HAS THE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES TO CONTINUE TO STAY AHEAD OF COVID, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE ALL WELL AWARE OF THE THREAT THAT’S OUT THERE, BUT THAT IT DOESN’T DISRUPT OUR TO DAY LIVES IN THE WAY THAT IT DID THE BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC. I WAS PROUD TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT HELPED GET IN ARMS, ENSURED THAT WE GOT THROUGH THE WORST OF THIS PANDEMIC. AND NOW THAT THAT IS BEHIND US, LET’S FOCUS ON OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, MAKING SUR

Karoline Leavitt, Chris Pappas discuss whether new COVID-19 shutdowns might be needed

We asked the candidates in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican challenger Karoline Leavitt, whether they can think of any circumstances where future quarantines or shutdowns will be needed because of COVID-19.