Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said this week that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s criminal trial in Manhattan will not have the political ramifications that many of Trump&#8217;s detractors believe it will.
Sununu made the remarks during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; when asked if he would support Trump even if he was convicted.
&#8220;Yeah, look, this trial is not going to have major political ramifications that a lot of people, I think, think it may have,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And when it comes to these issues, people see it more as reality TV at this point. They really do. And so, you know, whether it&#8217;s a conviction or what that conviction looks like, a lot of folks, they conflate all four of these different trials that he&#8217;s in.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s good that he&#8217;s going to be in the court, have to be in there probably three days a week, you know, for a number of weeks. That takes him off the campaign trail,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He&#8217;ll probably go back on the campaign trail and almost, like, rehash what&#8217;s going on. He&#8217;ll try to victimize it. And that has worked for him, right? I mean, this has been going on for over a year, and his poll numbers never seem to go down because of the issue.&#8221;
Stephanopoulos said that he wanted Sununu to answer the question in terms of &#8220;right and wrong&#8221; and not through the lens of politics.
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&#8220;This is about politics,&#8221; Sununu said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what people are judging this on. And the ultimately, you know, decision will be in November, to see where people are. But for months, and even over a year, we&#8217;ve heard that these are the things that are going to bring Donald Trump down. It&#8217;s not. And to think that the American public is going to be massively swayed by this, politically or otherwise, that&#8217;s — that&#8217;s not going to happen.&#8221;
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Pressed by <a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a>, Gov. Chris Sununu reaffirms his support for Donald Trump while standing by some—but not all—of his past criticism of Trump.
“Nobody should be shocked that the Republican governor is supporting the Republican president.” <a href="https://t.co/RFKwjVZ6bU">https://t.co/RFKwjVZ6bU</a> <a href="https://t.co/EY0j1zQuhe">pic.twitter.com/EY0j1zQuhe</a>
&mdash; This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1779528819432374701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Sununu Defends Trump Over Manhattan Criminal Trial: ‘People See It More As Reality TV’

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New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu said on Sunday that voters should be concerned with a statement that former President Donald Trump made last week about presidents needing to have &#8220;total immunity&#8221; from criminal prosecution.
Sununu made the remarks during an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; ahead of his state&#8217;s primary election on Tuesday.
The topic came up after the former president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111785128948205392">posted</a> on Truth Social on Friday that a president &#8220;MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY&#8221; from criminal prosecution, &#8220;EVEN EVENTS THAT &#8216;CROSS THE LINE.'&#8221;
&#8220;Do you agree? Should the president have total immunity, even for things that crossed the line?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Of course not,&#8221; Sununu responded. &#8220;The amazing thing about that clip is he was dead serious. He wasn&#8217;t even making one of his ridiculous jokes. He was dead serious about that. And that should give everybody, I don&#8217;t care what political party you&#8217;re from, whether you&#8217;re an extreme conservative or socialist liberal, everybody should be concerned with that type of mentality going into the White House.&#8221;
Welker then pressed Sununu on his pledge to support Trump for president if he becomes the nominee.
&#8220;At the end of the day, most Republicans are gonna get behind the Republican nominee,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that it&#8217;s obviously Nikki Haley. This is how bad Joe Biden is, six months ago, Trump couldn&#8217;t beat Biden. This is how bad Joe Biden is. Inflation is crushing middle and low-income families across this country. We&#8217;re weak on the international stage. We haven&#8217;t secured our border, even Democrats have agreed that he&#8217;s completely incompetent and not on the ball there.&#8221;
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&#8220;Joe Biden is so bad that even folks would get behind Donald Trump,&#8221; he continued.
Sununu said that if New Hampshire voters wanted to beat Trump, they needed to go to the ballot box.
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WATCH: Trump said the president needs to have “total immunity” from prosecution, no matter the crime.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovChrisSununu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChrisSununu</a> (R-N.H.) says, “Everybody should be concerned with that type of mentality,” despite saying he’ll support Trump if he’s the nominee. <a href="https://t.co/Ce2qkoKQ0A">pic.twitter.com/Ce2qkoKQ0A</a>
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Chris Sununu: ‘Everybody Should Be Concerned’ With Trump’s Demand For ‘Full Immunity’ From Prosecution

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Hampshire</a> House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that would protect children from some irreversible transgender surgeries. 
The bill, which was <a href="https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=71" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> 199-175 with 12 Democrats voting in favor and two Republicans voting against, was amended to be significantly weaker from the initial proposal. As introduced, the bill would have prohibited giving children puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, which have been linked to problems with fertility, bone development, and heart health. It also would have banned procedures to remove the breasts of girls who identify as boys. The bill as passed only prohibits genital transgender procedures. 
“Adolescent genital gender reassignment surgery generally lacks both adequate information for informed consent and involves a high risk of coercion for parental consent when parents believe that they are faced with a choice between their child committing suicide or consenting to their child’s genital gender reassignment surgeries,” the bill <a href="https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=71" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. “In the absence of high quality data to prove safety and efficacy, including long term outcomes, only people over the age of majority should receive genital gender reassignment surgery in the state of New Hampshire.”
Rep. Jonah Wheeler, one of the Democrats who joined Republicans in voting for the bill, said that it was necessary to shield kids from life-altering surgeries. 
“This is a question of whether or not you believe children should be able to get an irreversible surgery,” he said, <a href="https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2024/01/04/nh-house-passes-bill-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-sending-bill-to-senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New Hampshire Bulletin. “So yeah, despite being a liberal who believes in human rights, I do not think that children should be able to get irreversible surgery. So I’ll take all the heat that comes from this.”
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The bill is expected to pass the Senate and go to the desk of Republican Governor Chris Sununu, who has taken a variety of socially liberal positions in the past, including opposing a bill that would have given parents more oversight over what was going on at schools. 
Another bill to allow entities to keep males out of female sports, prisons, and restrooms <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4389664-new-hampshire-house-ban-gender-affirming-surgery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> also passed by the Republican-controlled House and sent to the Senate, where Republicans also have a majority. 
Over 20 states have passed laws banning transgender procedures on children. Last week, Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) vetoed a bill that would have banned transgender surgeries and giving children hormones and puberty blockers. Ohio Republicans, who have a supermajority in the legislature, could override DeWine’s veto later this year.

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New Hampshire Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-sununu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Sununu</a> endorsed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday.
Sununu’s endorsement is a significant victory for Haley, who is relying on a strong performance in early states to propel herself over former President Donald Trump, who has so far dominated the early primary polling. It’s also a significant blow to other GOP candidates vying to compete with Trump for the nomination.
Sununu has appeared with many of the Republican candidates at events in recent weeks. The governor said he was evaluating the field to find the best Republican to have a chance at knocking off Trump for the top spot in the primary. He has said for months that the Republican Party should move on from the former president.
Sununu appeared with Haley and endorsed her at a town hall event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
“This is an opportunity for New Hampshire to lead this country, for New Hampshire to say we’re not looking in the rearview mirror anymore,” Sununu <a href="https://apnews.com/article/haley-sununu-new-hampshire-presidential-election-990cc5cf71b5ae6d50c87cb91e95bfeb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“You bet your ass I am. We’re all in for Nikki Haley,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/steinhauserNH1/status/1734712637160661470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, throwing his weight in the state toward the former U.N. ambassador.
Haley has gained a surge in support in recent weeks, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-megadonor-makes-massive-donation-to-boost-nikki-haley-in-gop-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> from prominent Democratic donors, coming close to overtaking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Both have trailed Trump significantly since the race began, though DeSantis has held on to the number two spot.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s campaign downplayed the impact of Sununu’s pick in a statement to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/new-hampshire-gov-chris-sununu-set-to-endorse-nikki-haley-in-gop-presidential-race-97545648" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
“This puts us down one vote in New Hampshire,” Christie spokesman Karl Rickett said in a statement. The New Jersey governor will overcome the loss of Sununu by continuing to tell the “unvarnished truth about Donald Trump,” Rickett said.
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DeSantis’ campaign similarly shrugged off Sununu’s choice.
“What happens in New Hampshire will be significantly impacted by the outcome in Iowa, where the true Trump alternative will emerge,” DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo told WSJ in a statement. The DeSantis campaign has heavily invested in Iowa and won endorsements from its governor, Kim Reynolds, and evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats.
Donald Trump is leading, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> national polling average. DeSantis is second and Haley is third. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy sits at fourth, and Christie trails in fifth.

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New Hampshire Governor Sununu Endorses Nikki Haley For President

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu Endorses Nikki Haley For President

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Hampshire</a> has chosen to defy the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party</a> and stick with holding the first-in-the-nation primary.
At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Qb3uJQiBI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press conference</a> in the Hall of Flags of the State House, David Scanlan, New Hampshire&#8217;s Secretary of State, <a href="https://twitter.com/Kjwalsh_news/status/1724867571206275449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Wednesday that his state will hold its 2024 primary on Tuesday, January 23.
&#8220;We haven’t changed a thing,&#8221; declared Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH), who joined Scanlon and other officials at the event, adding later that, &#8220;In all the craziness of this day and age, consistency and integrity&#8221; in the election process is what people want.
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&mdash; Kelsey Walsh (@Kjwalsh_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kjwalsh_news/status/1724867571206275449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-national-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic National Committee</a> (DNC) chose to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-vote-to-make-south-carolina-first-presidential-primary-state-move-up-georgia-michigan-and-bump-new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shake up</a> its primary schedule by selecting South Carolina as the first presidential nominating state for the 2024 cycle on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 3</a>, prompting a scheduling clash with Iowa and New Hampshire. Republicans <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-makes-no-changes-to-their-2024-presidential-nominating-calendar-a-day-after-dnc-upends-their-schedule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> to keep their calendar the same.
Iowa decided to work with the DNC on a plan to hold an in-person caucus to deal with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-democrats-move-caucus-results-super-tuesday-rcna119222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;party business&#8221;</a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iowa-democrats-caucus-results-new-calendar-primary-3f78ded207c434b320bce5a3341a7065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">down-ballot</a> races on January 15 — in step with the GOP holding its caucuses on that date — while conducting a mail-in presidential caucus <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/06/iowa-democrats-super-tuesday-00120337" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until Super Tuesday</a> in early March.
New Hampshire refused to mess with the state law, which has helped preserve the decades-long tradition of it holding the first presidential primary, despite the DNC&#8217;s threat to levy sanctions that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-national-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strip the power</a> of New Hampshire&#8217;s delegates at next year&#8217;s national convention in Chicago.
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The effort by the DNC to make South Carolina the first presidential nominating state comes as part of a push for more diversity atop the early voting process. South Carolina also happens to be the state where Biden started to gain momentum in the 2020 primary contest with a victory after he got fourth place in the Iowa caucuses and fifth place in New Hampshire.
Though Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-national-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opted</a> not to appear on the primary ballot in New Hampshire because of the brewing standoff over the order of election contests, there has been an effort to get voters to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209838428/new-hampshire-primary-democrats-write-in-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">write in</a> the incumbent&#8217;s name. Biden has a couple primary challengers, including Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and self-help author Marianne Williamson, but has dominated primary polls.

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New Hampshire Spurns DNC, Refuses To Give Up First-In-The-Nation Primary

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Hampshire</a> Governor Chris Sununu said during an interview this week that he has narrowed down the list of candidates who he is considering endorsing for his state&#8217;s first in the nation Republican presidential primary early next year.
Sununu said that he will likely be making his endorsement after Thanksgiving and that he will be choosing from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
“Right now those three candidates, I think for most folks in the Republican Party, have proved themselves to be the top choices” in addition to former President Donald Trump, Sununu <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/10/chris-sununu-vivek-ramaswamy-00126533">said</a>. He praised the debate performances of the three candidates while calling pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s performance “a bit embarrassing” and said Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) “wasn’t incredibly inspiring.”
Sununu took several major shots at Ramaswamy during an interview, saying that his debate performance showed &#8220;he doesn’t have the temperament to handle the stresses of a public executive position&#8221; and that he would be a &#8220;poor choice&#8221; to be the GOP nominee against President Joe Biden.
The remarks come after post-debate polling showed that the top two performers were Haley and DeSantis, with both each taking the top spot in different polls. Some voters who watched the debate <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/538-washington-post-third-republican-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that Ramaswamy did the worst.
“But to be an effective president, you have to have temperament, you have to have poise, you’ve got to act like you’ve been there,” Sununu said, adding that he believes Ramaswamy &#8220;doesn’t know how to run anything, he has no understanding of how to work in the public sphere.&#8221;
Sununu was asked in a CBS News interview about Haley putting him on the spot to endorse her at two events over the last week that Sununu attended with her.
&#8220;Is it fair to say she&#8217;s number one right now on your list?&#8221; host Robert Costa asked Sununu.
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&#8220;No, no. Look, Nikki&#8217;s a great friend,&#8221; Sununu <a href="https://twitter.com/Unfilteredboss1/status/1722046036066066538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Ron&#8217;s a friend. They&#8217;re all friends.&#8221;
Christie told reporters that he would not put Sununu on the spot, saying that it would &#8220;embarrass him&#8221; and he didn&#8217;t believe it was the right thing to do.
Sununu also said during the interview that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds&#8217; recent endorsement of DeSantis will not impact who he chooses to endorse for his state&#8217;s primary.

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu Narrows List To 3 Candidates He’s Considering Endorsing

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu Narrows List To 3 Candidates He's Considering Endorsing

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc">Republican National Committee (RNC)</a> Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ronna-mcdaniel">Ronna McDaniel</a> downplayed reports indicating a growing feud with the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire">New Hampshire</a> over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">2024 election</a> cycle.
During an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6337753011112">appearance on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221;</a> McDaniel was asked about the RNC <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-threatens-pull-new-hampshire-debate-state-moves-up-presidential-primary">threatening</a> to pull its planned debate in New Hampshire if its first-in-the-nation primary gets moved ahead of Iowa&#8217;s caucuses, which are scheduled to take place in January.
&#8220;The RNC just warned New Hampshire that if it moves up its primary, which is a possibility, depending on what Iowa does, it&#8217;s all very convoluted and deep and complex,&#8221; said guest anchor Bill Hemmer.
&#8220;You are threatening to take away their debate if that happens. The Republican governor of New Hampshire, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-sununu">Chris Sununu</a>, did not hold back, he said this, &#8216;We will not be threatened, we will follow our law, and we WILL,&#8217; in all caps, &#8216;go first. End of story.&#8217; So how&#8217;s this going to work out?&#8221;
In response, McDaniel said she believes she and Sununu are &#8220;on the same page&#8221; and noted that the Democratic National Committee stoked controversy earlier this year when it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters">opted to make South Carolina</a> the first presidential nominating state on its calendar for the 2024 cycle, prompting a scheduling clash with <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/06/01/kim-reynolds-signs-in-person-iowa-caucus-requirement-as-2024-campaign-heats-up/70203997007/">Iowa</a> and <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/19/new-hampshire-2024-primary-sununu-democrats/11025071002/">New Hampshire</a>.
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&#8220;I think New Hampshire and Iowa should recognize the RNC, the Republican Party, actually through our members. We supported Iowa having the first-in-the-nation caucus and New Hampshire having the first-in-the-nation primary,&#8221; McDaniel said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the Democrats that just walked away from those two states, not us. So we&#8217;re committed to that. Democrats are trying to place shenanigans in Iowa,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t think New Hampshire should fall for that. And I hope they don&#8217;t allow Democrats to mess with our primary process and our calendar, especially when they walked away from those two states. And so did [President] Joe Biden, by the way.&#8221;
There was more to Sununu&#8217;s statement, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-threatens-pull-new-hampshire-debate-state-moves-up-presidential-primary">as reported by Fox News</a>, than relayed by Hemmer in his interview with McDaniel.
Sununu, a Republican, also said the &#8220;first presidential primary will be taking place in New Hampshire, regardless of what the political power brokers in Washington, DC think&#8221; and declared that &#8220;[t]hreatening&#8221; to take away New Hampshire&#8217;s debate was a &#8220;disservice&#8221; to the various campaigns and candidates.

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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said over the weekend that Republican presidential candidates trying to beat former President Donald Trump for the party&#8217;s nomination need to simply call &#8220;balls and strikes&#8221; when it comes to the former president and not launch into making personal attacks against him.
Sununu made the remarks during an NBC News interview with Chuck Todd Sunday Morning on &#8220;Meet The Press.&#8221;
Todd asked why Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Sununu have been able to criticize the former president and have not paid the price for it politically.
&#8220;First off, Governor Kemp is spot on. The guy&#8217;s an oak. He&#8217;s the oak of Georgia, and he&#8217;s got some big shoulders and he handles it just incredibly every time,&#8221; Sununu said. &#8220;And, you know, you don&#8217;t have to make it personal. I&#8217;m not saying other candidates do that. I mean, when you&#8217;re running for president against the former president it&#8217;s – it’s a very odd dynamic to be sure.&#8221;
&#8220;The key to taking on, not just taking on Trump – you just call the balls and strikes like you see them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t make things personal. You do things that are clearly in the best interest of the constituents you serve, regardless of – of party. Now, I&#8217;m a staunch fiscal conservative, and I want to support Republican ideals but that doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re going to bend and break rules because when you do that you set precedent for the other side.&#8221;
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/GovChrisSununu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovChrisSununu</a> (R-N.H.) applauds Chris Christie going “nuclear” on Trump but calls out the other 2024 GOP candidates.
“They have to be a little tougher on Trump. …What we saw on that debate stage last week, I think there was a little too much kowtow into him.” <a href="https://t.co/v60XRBF9qM">pic.twitter.com/v60XRBF9qM</a>
&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1698431762441937066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Sununu To GOP Candidates: ‘Call Balls And Strikes’ With Trump, ‘Don’t Make Things Personal’

Brian Kemp

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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said in an op-ed this week that Republican presidential candidates should meet two requirements by the end of the year or leave the race — and if they don&#8217;t, he&#8217;ll do &#8220;everything&#8221; he can as governor of the key primary state to force them out.
Writing in The New York Times on Monday, Sununu <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/opinion/governor-sununu-republicans-trump.html">accused</a> former President Donald Trump of &#8220;running to save himself&#8221; from his legal problems and encouraged other candidates to go after him during this week&#8217;s first Republican primary debate.
&#8220;While it’s true that Mr. Trump has an iron grip on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/upshot/poll-trump-republican-primary.html">more than</a> 30 percent of the electorate, the other 60 percent or so is open to moving forward with a new nominee,&#8221; Sununu wrote.
Sununu said that the candidates who &#8220;have no viable path should be called out&#8221; and said some candidates were &#8220;auditioning for a Trump presidency cabinet that will simply never happen.&#8221;
The 48-year-old governor, who boasts high <a href="https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/state/how-gov-chris-sununu-s-approval-compares-to-the-nation-s-most-popular-governors/article_9b84d471-b820-56c1-a201-eabad23049b5.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll numbers</a> in his state, said that “at a minimum, any candidate who does not make the stage for the first two debates must drop out,” adding that any candidate “who is polling in the low single digits by Christmas must acknowledge that their efforts have fallen short.”
Sununu said most of the candidates needed to hit Trump harder, while former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie &#8220;must broaden his message and show voters that he is more than the anti-Trump candidate.&#8221;
&#8220;As governor of the first-in-the-nation primary state, I will do everything I can to help narrow the field,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I plan to endorse and campaign for the best alternative to Mr. Trump. As of now, it’s anyone’s for the taking.&#8221;
Sununu said that &#8220;governors, senators, donors and media influencers&#8221; have an &#8220;obligation to help narrow the field&#8221; so that Americans have an alternative to the former president, and they must &#8220;amplify the Republican message that the longer these candidates stay in the race, the more they are helping Joe Biden — and Kamala Harris — get four more years.&#8221;

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Sununu On GOP Primary: ‘I Will Do Everything I Can To Help Narrow The Field’

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New Hampshire Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-sununu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Sununu</a> said during an interview on Tuesday that he believes President Joe Biden will not be the Democratic Party nominee in 2024.
&#8220;I’m not saying it’s definitely going to happen, but I think there’s a greater than 50 percent chance he’s not on the ballot come November of ’24,&#8221; he told Fox News host Sandra Smith.
&#8220;Either he’s going to go through the primary process effectively unchallenged,&#8221; Sununu said. &#8220;A year from now, he’s going to collect all the delegates. His health is not going to be good. He can always use that as a reason to step out and basically tell all of his delegates to go for somebody else and kind of be the kingmaker. It wouldn’t be unheard of for the Democrats to try to manipulate their convention that way. They’ve done that before.&#8221;
Sununu then predicted that the other way Biden could go down in the primaries is that he&#8217;ll end up getting primaried by a successful businessman.
&#8220;The other opportunity is somebody comes in this fall,&#8221; Sununu said. &#8220;Now, I think if an opponent were to challenge him this fall, it’s probably going to be a self-funder. It’s probably going to be somebody with a little bit of name ID nationally and maybe even someone who isn’t a politician.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t think any of the Democratic governors are going to stand up and do it this fall,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They’re probably just hoping to be coronated by Joe and Jill Biden next summer. But I’m predicting probably at least one, if not two people still jump in this fall, challenge him right here in New Hampshire, and make a run at it.&#8221;
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&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1689059806278270976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Sununu Predicts One Of Two Things Will Stop Biden From Being Democrat Nominee

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu took multiple shots at former President Donald Trump on Monday, prompting the former president to fire back on social media.
Sununu made the first round of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnfvJtidDio">remarks</a> criticizing the former president on Hugh Hewitt&#8217;s radio show Monday morning.
When talking about the lead that the former president has in national polling and whether the primary in New Hampshire was going to change the trajectory of the race, Sununu said that it &#8220;absolutely&#8221; was going to, saying that Iowa and New Hampshire were going to ultimately determine who wins the Republican primary.
&#8220;So, national polls, I get national polls. But where’s the conversation really happening?&#8221; Sununu asked. &#8220;New Hampshire and Iowa. So let’s look at New Hampshire’s polls. He’s, I think, three of the last four polls, I think, out, from Real Clear Politics, has him under 40, right? I think he’s averaging like 44% or something in Iowa.&#8221;
Sununu said that he understands that many Republicans want to support the former president because of the indictments against him, but argued that doesn&#8217;t make Trump the best candidate for the job.
&#8220;So no, those numbers are only getting worse,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He’s a sitting incumbent president, a former incumbent president. So of course, his numbers are going to be decent. Think about what he doesn’t have. From his own party, the hard-core base voter in Iowa and New Hampshire, the majority aren’t with him. Think about that for a second, Hugh. He was the flagbearer for our party just a couple years ago, and the majority of his own party don’t want him. So that’s a huge opportunity for one of these candidates to start surging. And if we get it down to Trump and one other candidate, maybe even Trump and two other candidates, he’s done. He really is.&#8221;
Sununu then continued hitting at the former president during an interview on Fox News with Harris Faulkner:
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Missed this earlier — 2.5 solid minutes of Chris Sununu breaking down Trump’s low-energy performance in Iowa, how people are reacting to his $40M legal bills with campaign donor money, and what it means for an incumbent to be under 40% in early states. <a href="https://t.co/8MzAYJMLCk">pic.twitter.com/8MzAYJMLCk</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1686147936764276736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Trump responded to Sununu on social media Monday afternoon.
&#8220;RINO Chris Sununu recently stated that, &#8216;I’m not running for president in 2024. Beating Trump is more important&#8217;,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;No, he’s not running for President because he’s polling at Zero, and has no chance of winning.&#8221;
&#8220;The people of New Hampshire have gotten wise to Chris Sununu, and they no longer like or respect him,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I never liked him, but always did whatever he asked for the State, because I wanted to help New Hampshire, and I did!&#8221;
Recent polling from Morning Consult found that Sununu is the <a href="https://www.wcax.com/2023/07/24/poll-finds-scott-retains-highest-approval-rating-among-governors-us/">fourth</a> most popular governor in the country. Trump, meanwhile, remains the GOP frontrunner in <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html">the latest polling</a>, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis consistently holding the second place and the remaining candidates averaging in the single digits.

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