ANDY
MARTIN /2020
Republican
for U. S. Senator
New
Hampshire
www.AndyMartin.com
www.FirstRespondersOnline.us
Headquarters:
E-mail:
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P.O. Box 742
Manchester, NH 03105-0742
Cellphone: (347) 960-9593
Fax (866) 214-3210
Blogs:
www.AndyMartin2020.blogspot.com
www.AndyMartin2020.wordpress.com
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Attention, New Hampshire, Washington, National daybook/assignment and
Political editors
News conference details:
Who: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
What: Andy says Trump has endangered his reelection by making
local endorsements; Trump should revoke the endorsements
When: Friday, June 26, 2020; 4:00 P.M.
Where: In front of Manchester City Hall, One City Hall Plaza
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(MANCHESTER, NH) (June 26, 2020) --- New Hampshire Republican U. S.
Senate candidate Andy Martin says that President Trump has endangered his own
reelection by making endorsements and shunning other candidates in the 2020 New
Hampshire state (local) primary. Andy says Trump should apologize for his
mistakes and revoke the endorsements.
“One of the ironclad rules of politics is that national leaders do not
try to control local elections,” Andy says. “Such heavy-handed endorsements seldom
succeed, and often boomerang. Two of President Trump’s ‘endorsees’ lost
primaries earlier this week.
“Before anyone is confused, let me be clear. I am voting for President
Trump in November. I will not vote for anyone else. I strongly support the president’s
reelection. In fact, reelecting Trump is a matter of national security. The nation’s
fate cannot be entrusted to the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer axis.
“But supporting the president does not mean I have to support his mistakes
and self-destructive behavior when I see evidence of poor judgment.
“On June 12th Trump endorsed one of my primary opponents. It
was a colossal mistake. (Please see link [1] below.)
“First, people always say they will ‘vote Republican’ and support the
winner of a primary. When there is no rigging, that is generally true. But when
the winning candidate rigged the primary, the loser’s supporters often stay at
home. We have a classic example in 2016, when Senator Kelly Ayotte did a
credible job in Washington, but kept attacking local Republicans in New Hampshire.
Voters rebelled and Ayotte was defeated by a handful of votes. So, endorsements
that appear to be rigged or fixed do hurt the recipient as well as the national
leader.
“Second, the endorsee, the winner of Trump’s favor in this case, is Colorado
Carpetbagger ‘Porky’ Messner, who came to New Hampshire to buy an election
because he couldn’t buy one in Colorado. Messner has minimal
local backing but he is spreading around hundreds of thousands of dollars to
buy supporters by the bushel basket.
“Third, Trump was poorly served by his White House insiders. Trump has
perhaps the weakest political operation in recent history. It looks to me as
though money changed hands somewhere on the inside to engineer the endorsement
for ‘Porky’ Messner. Trump doesn’t know Messner. He was told to support him,
and did. Someone benefitted but obviously not Trump.
“Neither I nor Don Bolduc are going down without a fight. In fact,
Trump’s endorsement of Messner may have increased the chances of my winning the
nomination in a three-way split.
“Senate candidate Bolduc sent out an email in which he said:
The RNC has cut
off our campaign from shared party resources and is now pushing to suspend
the state party's rules on neutrality to tilt the playing field even
further.
I consider this a
form of election rigging. Why even have a primary election if Washington, D.C.
is going to decide the candidate? This is New Hampshire. Granite Staters do not
like to be told who to support and quite frankly, I do not like to be told to
concede before Granite Staters make their choice.
Congressional candidate Matt Mayberry, who was also not endorsed, said
in an email:
Long
story short, they're trying to rig our elections -- and frankly, that's
offensive to me and it should be to you… Our New Hampshire
values are at stake. Please do what you can today!
“By cutting off candidates from the national party’s resources, and holding
an ‘opening’ tomorrow with closed doors for candidates who were not endorsed,
Trump keeps digging himself a deeper hole.
“New Hampshire GOP bylaws enforce strict neutrality (though that bylaw
is often violated). But, usually, all candidates are welcomed at primary events.
There is no precedent for the Trump team’s event tomorrow where some senate and
congressional candidates have not been invited to a presidential event.
“Why is State Chairman Steve Stepanek not standing up to defend his
party’s neutrality bylaws? More rigging? Stepanek should enforce the bylaws or
step down as chairman.
“I urge Trump to apologize to the people of New Hampshire and revoke
the two endorsements he was importuned to make.
“Some may think Trump is going to win reelection in a landslide. I am
not one of them. The election is going down to the wire. Trump’s ill-advised endorsements
may cost Trump New Hampshire’s electoral votes. It was always going to be a
close race. And in a close race, disgruntled supporters of opposing primary
candidates retaliate in a way that costs the president a victory. Just ask
Kelly Ayotte what it’s like to lose by 1,000 votes. Ayotte’s mistakes may have
also cost Trump the state.
“I am going to stop by the Trump headquarters opening on Saturday;
after all, I am one of his strongest supporters. And I have known him longer
than anyone; I signed Trump’s lease in 1979 to move into my condominium building
in New York (where I was on the board). I wish Trump had advisers with practical
knowledge. He doesn’t.
“I hope America doesn’t suffer because someone pulled a fast one by
trying to rig the September New Hampshire state primary,” Andy says. “It’s going
to be a disaster for Trump.”
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ANDY MARTIN - A BRIEF BIO:
Andy Martin is a legendary New Hampshire-based
muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show
host, broadcaster and media critic. With over fifty (50) years of background in
radio and television and with decades of intelligence, investigative and
analytical experience in Washington, the USA and around the world, Andy provides
insight on politics, foreign policy, military and intelligence matters. For a
full bio, go to: www.AndyMartin.com. See also
www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.BoycottABC.com/executive_director.htm
Andy has also been a leading corruption
fighter in American politics and courts for over fifty years and is executive
director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com.
He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the
University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law
at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
He is the author of “Obama: The Man
Behind the Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and produced the Internet film “Obama:
The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and
publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” blogging at www.contrariancommentary.wordpress.com
and www.ContrarianCommentary.com.
Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester,
New Hampshire over 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River
and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He is New
Hampshire’s leading corruption fighter and Republican Party reformer.
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