Posted on 12/30/2020 3:19:28 PM PST by raccoonradio
CONCORD — New Hampshire's Republican governor said Wednesday that he is canceling his outdoor inauguration ceremony next month because of public safety concerns — namely, armed protesters who have been gathering outside his home in the weeks since he issued a mask order.
"My first responsibility is ensuring the safety of my family and our citizens" Gov. Chris Sununu said in a news release. "For weeks, armed protesters have increasingly become more aggressive, targeting my family, protesting outside my private residence, and trespassing on my property — an outdoor public ceremony simply brings too much risk. We do not make this decision lightly but it is the right thing to do."
In consultation with Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, Sununu said, he and Senate President Chuck Morse, acting House Speaker Sherm Packard and the Executive Council will be sworn in during a small ceremony Jan. 7. It will be attended by leaders of both houses of the Legislature and will be virtually attended by all other members. Sununu will deliver his inaugural address at 7 p.m. that day.
Protesters started gathering outside Sununu's home in Newfields on Nov. 22 over his order, which had taken effect two days earlier, requiring masks to be worn in public spaces, indoors or outside, when social distancing isn't possible because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, local police issued summonses to nine people and arrested one of them under a new anti-picketing ordinance passed by the Newfields selectboard, on which Sununu's brother sits.
Skylar Bennett, 38, of Concord, said Wednesday he will contest his arrest on charges of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct at a candlelight vigil held outside the home.
So they arrest you for doing this to a politician, but if you a mere peasant defend your home from ANTIFA/BLM you are on your own and whatever happens, you’ll be the one arrested also.
Good..Let the fear start overwhelming them until they can’t stop thinking that harm will come to them. Maybe it will force them to make the right decisions.
Yes, lets all grow up to act like Leftists.
good grief. hasn’t the land of live free or die/souter had enough sununus?
apparently not :(
He can run for the Senate and move to D.C. if he’s smart.
Booh hoo hoo. This needs to happen more.
I like the way you think.
The time has come to put fear into them. This is a war.
Standing outside a governor’s home with arms is not the
thing to do.
You know, people can come to your home with arms too.
Is that what you want this to degenerate into on both sides?
“For weeks, armed protesters have increasingly become more aggressive, targeting my family, protesting outside my private residence, and trespassing on my property.”
I wonder if Sununu protested last summer when leftists were burning down businesses, setting cars on fire, smashing windows, looting, and attacking anyone who got in the way?
What do you suggest? Wait for the Supreme Court? Wait for the FBI?
No one has done anything all year. Election stop with impunity We are on our own and unfortunately it requires a show of force and possible war if we want to continue to have freedom.
I do not think going to an officials home is any better than
that official sending people to yours.
Trump may be leaving office in weeks. I don’t want to see
Leftists arming and going to his home. There’s a good chance
we’ll be seeing that.
Standing outside a governor’s home with arms is not the
thing to do.
You know, people can come to your home with arms too.
Is that what you want this to degenerate into on both sides?
Absolutely. “Someone” went into my voting booth and shredded my ballot. We have been disenfranchised. The Republicans we elected us to represent couldn’t care less. It’s way past time GOP politicians get uncomfortable and reap the whirlwind they have unleashed via their support of the steal.
Politicians fear the left. They don’t fear the right. The right doesn’t riot and destroy cities.
I dont want to see violence, but what choice have they given us.
It may get to that point.
Show up in DC on January 6th.
No, you don’t want armed people outside your home.
That’s the answer you were looking for.
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