Former Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown is making one other run for Senate in New Hampshire.
Brown ran unsuccessfully for Senate in New Hampshire in 2014, after representing Massachusetts within the Senate from 2010 to 2013. After his failed New Hampshire run, Brown served as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa throughout Trump’s first time period.
Brown touted his background in his launch video, additionally saying, “Like lots of you, I’m nervous about the place the nation is headed.”
“New Hampshire is a tremendous place to stay, work and lift a household,” Brown stated. “We’ve been blessed by two nice governors: Chris Sununu and Kelly Ayotte. However in Washington, we haven’t been represented by the precise folks.”
Brown then took direct goal at Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who’s working for Senate to switch retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
“For 4 years, Chris Pappas has stood by Joe Biden as he opened the border, drove up the price of all the pieces and made life simply merely unaffordable,” Brown stated.
Brown additionally praised Trump, saying, “He sealed the border, he stood as much as China, and he restored our standing on the planet,” displaying a picture of Trump within the State of affairs Room taken as Trump approved strikes towards Iran.
Pappas responded to Brown’s announcement, saying in a press release that Brown “stands with company particular pursuits, helps efforts to strip away well being care protection from tens of 1000’s of Granite Staters, and backs President Trump’s reckless tariffs that New Hampshire small companies are talking out towards each single day.”
“Whereas Scott Brown seems to be for yet one more alternative to do Wall Road’s bidding and blindly assist President Trump and his agenda, I’ll at all times put New Hampshire first,” Pappas added.
The open seat race could possibly be aggressive subsequent yr. Former Vice President Kamala Harris gained the state by 3 proportion factors in 2024.
