The Perfect Enemy | 2022 Granite State Debate with candidates for U.S. Senate: Sticker shock, COVID mandates
July 12, 2025
2022 Granite State Debate with candidates for U.S. Senate: Sticker shock, COVID mandates

2022 Granite State Debate with candidates for U.S. Senate: Sticker shock, COVID mandates

STATERS. IT HAS HURT THEM. LET’S MOVE TO A LIGHTNING ROUND HERE AS WE’VE HIT KIND OF THE HALFWAY POINT A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT. SO 15 SECOND ANSWERS HERE. CANDIDATES LOOKING ABROAD. WHAT PRIME MINISTER, PRESIDENT OR ONE WORLD LEADER. DO YOU ADMIRE GENERAL BOLDUC LOOKING OUT THERE, WORLD LEADERS THAT I ADMIRE. YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS IN SUCH A DIFFICULT POSITION RIGHT NOW. NO. TO SAY I ADMIRE ANYBODY RIGHT NOW. THE WORLD NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. IT IS HURTING. AND THE LEADERS THAT I SEE ARE OPERATING AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE. SENATOR VLADIMIR ZELENSKY. SENATOR HASSAN, YOU RECENTLY MENTIONED SHOPPING MARKET BASKET. WHAT ONE ITEM HAVE YOU BOUGHT THAT GAVE YOU STICKER SHOCK? WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND WHO WAS PLANNING ON BUYING EGGS. AND THE STICKER SHOCK THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE. HE SAID HE GASPED, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AISLE GENERAL. WELL, I’VE BEEN THERE AND I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO TAKE STUFF OFF THE OFF THE BELL. THAT’S HER FAULT. SHE SHOULD GASP AT IT. BUT SHE OWNS FOUR HOMES FROM NEW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. SHE’S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. SHE DOESN’T SHARE OUR SAME CIRCUMSTANCE FOR 15 SECONDS. GENERAL BOLDUC, IN YOUR OPINION, WHO WAS THE BEST PRESIDENT OF THE LAST 20 YEARS? BEST PRESIDENT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. LET ME SEE ME. GO BACK HERE. YOU KNOW. I THINK THAT PROBABLY THE BEST PRESIDENT THE LAST 20 YEARS FOR ECONOMIC AND SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE PRESIDENT TRUMP. SENATOR, HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA. ALL RIGHT, SENATOR HASSAN, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, DO YOU BELIEVE THE COVID 19 VACCINE MANDATES HAVE HELPED HARMED YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? OH, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I BELIEVE THAT COVID VACCINES HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT IN PROTECTING MY FAMILY’S HEALTH. AS YOU KNOW, TOM AND I HAVE, TWO ADULT CHILDREN, OUR OLDEST SON, LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, A VERY SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY. SO THE VACCINE AND BOOSTERS FOR HIM IS WHAT MADE THE THREAT OF COVID SOMETHING THAT NO LONGER THREATENED HIS LIFE, BUT JUST REALLY CAUSED A MILD COLD. GENERAL BALLOCH OF VACCINE MANDATES HELPED OR HARMED YOUR FAMILY. ALL THE MANDATES DURING COVID HARMED GRANITE STATERS AND AMERICANS. GENERAL BALLOCH THE RED ARROW DINER JUST TURNED 100 YEARS OLD. WHEN YOU STOP IN. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO ORDER? I LIKE TO ORDER PANCAKES. BLUEBERRY WITH REAL MAPLE SIRUP. SENATOR HAZARD. THAT SOUNDS TO ME, TOO.

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2022 Granite State Debate with candidates for U.S. Senate: Sticker shock, COVID mandates

VIDEO: Sen. Maggie Hassan and her challenger Don Bolduc discuss a series of topics in a lightning round, including COVID mandates, sticker shock at the store and who they think the best president of the past 20 years is.

VIDEO: Sen. Maggie Hassan and her challenger Don Bolduc discuss a series of topics in a lightning round, including COVID mandates, sticker shock at the store and who they think the best president of the past 20 years is.

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