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>> THIS IS A COMMITMENT 20
"THE GRANITE STATE DEBATES."
>> A GUY BY THE NAME OF MATT IS
GOING TO BE YOUR CONGRESSMAN.
ADAM: ONE HAS SPENT DECADES IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS.
THE OTHER WAS A PART OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
TWO REPUBLICANS VYING IN THE
PRIMARY FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE’S
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
THEY SAY DEMOCRATS HAVE DROPPED
THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO
HELPING GRANITE STATERS.
BUT IN A TIME WHEN CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE
ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY
ARE AT THE FOREFRONT, THEY ARE
BRINGING TWO DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES TO THE TABLE.
AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR NEW
HAMPSHIRE VOTERS TO MAKE A
CHOICE
MR. MAYBERRY: I HAVE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE-FIRST APPROACH.
HE HAS A WASHINGTON-BASED
APPROACH.
MR. MOWERS: I’M ALWAYS GOING TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
MR. MAYBERRY: YOU CAN’T DRAIN
THE SWAMP BY JUST SKIMMING THE
TOP.
MR. MOWERS: I’M GOING TO KEEP MY
WORD TO MY CONSTITUENTS.
>> TONIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
ADAM: GOOD EVENING, AND THANK
YOU FOR TUNING IN TO TONIGHT’S
"GRANITE STATE DEBATE."
I’M WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM
SEXTON.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO MEN WHO
HAVE NEVER RUN FOR FEDERAL
OFFICE, BUT ARE CONFIDENT THEY
CAN DO A BETTER JOB PROTECTING
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S INTERESTS THAN
THE FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN
CURRENTLY REPRESENTING THE FIRST
DISTRICT.
MATT MAYBERRY HAS SERVED AS A
DOVER CITY COUNCILOR THE
COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VICE-CHAIR OF
THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
MATT MOWERS SERVED AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE STATE PARTY,
WORKED ON CHRIS CHRISTIE’S 2016
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
AND AS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECRETARY OF
STATE.
WMUR NEWS 9 EVALUATED ALL
LEGALLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND
SELECTED THOSE CONSIDERED MOST
NEWSWORTHY ACCORDING TO ITS
OBJECTIVE CRITERIA TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS DEBATE.
THE CANDIDATES WILL GET ONE
MINUTE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
TONIGHT.
30-SECOND REBUTTALS WILL BE
ALLOWED AT THE MODERATOR’S
DISCRETION.
OUR PANELISTS TONIGHT ARE WMUR
ANCHOR MONICA HERNANDEZ AND WMUR
POLITICAL REPORTER JOHN DISTASO.
AS WE KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE HERE
IN THE STUDIO, THE CANDIDATES
ARE ALSO STAYING SAFE IN
SEPARATE ROOMS AT THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF POLITIC
AT SAINT  A ANSELM
COLLEGE.
AND WE WANT TO NOTE, WE ARE
RECORDING THIS DEBATE, INSTEAD
OF BROADCASTING LIVE.
TO START THINGS OFF TONIGHT, WE
HAVE ASKED EACH CANDIDATE TO
TELL US HOW THEY WOULD MAKE NEW
HAMPSHIRE A BETTER PLACE.
WE BEGIN WITH MR MAYBERRY.
MR. MAYBERRY: GOOD EVENING AND
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.
I AM MATT MAYBERRY.
I AM A REALTOR, SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER AND A VETERAN.
CHRIS PUFFER’S FAILED US
MONUMENTALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH
OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY.
I TAKE THE APPROACH FOR MY
FELLOW VETERANS VERY SERIOUSLY.
I AM FORMER COMMISSIONER OF
HUMAN RIGHTS IN A STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
I PRODUCE GUN SHOWS.
I WILL WORK HARD FOR YOU EVERY
SINGLE DAY BECAUSE WE GRANITE
STATER’S TAKE CHALLENGES
SERIOUSLY.
WE RISE TO THE OCCASION.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT
HOUR TO EARNING YOUR VOTE AND
YOUR SUPPORT ON SEPTEMBER 8.
ADAM: HOW WOULD YOU MAKE NEW
HAMPSHIRE BETTER?
MR. MOWERS: THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US.
MY NAME IS MATT MAUER’S.
I GOT INTO THIS RACE BECAUSE TWO
YEARS AGO, CHRIS PAPPAS SAID IT
WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
HE SAID HE WOULD OPPOSE NANCY
PELOSI AND HE SAID HE WOULD WORK
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
HE DID NONE OF THAT.
IN FACT, HE WAS THE FIR
CONGRESSMAN IN OUR COUNTRY T
SUPPORT IMPEACHING THE
PRESIDENT.
I WILL REMEMBER MIDDLE-CLASS
FAMILIES LIKE THE ONE I GREW UP
IN, MY DAD WAS A CONSTRUCTION
WORKER.
I WILL NOT FORGET OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE LIKE CHRIS PAPPA HAS,
WHEN HE VOTED TO TAKE AWAY
CRITICAL PROTECTIONS FOR THEM TO
DO THEIR JOB.
AND ON A SIDE NOTE I WANT TO
WISH WELL THE CHIEF FROM
MANCHESTER WHO JUST ANNOUNCED
HIS RETIREMENT.
I WILL MAKE SURE I ALWAYS HAVE
THEIR BACK.
ADAM: THANK YOU.
OUR FIRST PANEL QUESTION COMES
TONIGHT FROM MONICA HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
RIGHT NOW LIFE IS STRESSFUL,
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS GOING TO
SURGE AGAIN, LEADING TO SCHOOL
SHUTDOWNS, MORE OUTBREAKS AT
NURSING HOMES, AND ANOTHER
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
HOW CAN YOU ASSURE PEOPLE THAT
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEAS TO HELP
CONGRESS NAVIGATE THESE TIMES?
MR MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MONICA.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT I KNOW I HAVE
DONE THI BEFORE.
I WAS CHIEF OF STAFF AT OUR
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICE AND ACTUALLY
HELPED RUN A GLOBAL H.I.V.
PROGRAM AT OUR STATE DEPARTMENT
I HAVE SEEN HOW UNCONTROLLED A
DEADLY PANDEMIC CAN BE WHEN IT
IS NOT CONTROLLED.
YOU DO THIS BY BRINGING IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, MAKE SURE YOU
ARE INVESTING IN THERAPIES FOR
PEOPLE, RAMPING UP TESTING AND
DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES.
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE
PRIVATE SECTOR WHEN WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR SUPPLY
CHAIN MADE IN THE UNITED STATES
AS WELL.
WHAT THIS CRISIS HAS SHOWN US IS
THAT RELYING ON CHINA FOR
MANUFACTURING KEY PHARMACEUTICAL
INGREDIENTS OR AGRICULTURAL
INGREDIENTS AS WELL AS PPE.
I AM TIRED OF SEEING A BUNCH OF
PLANES LAND FROM SHANGHAI FOR
OUR P.P.E.
WE CAN MAKE IT HERE IN AMERICA.
NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF AMERICAN WORKERS,
BUT ALSO IN OUR BEST NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST, AND MAKE SURE
WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT
PANDEMIC WHEN IT ARRIVES.
MONICA: MR MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS THEM A GOOD JOB IN HANDLING
THE CRISIS AND GOVERNOR SUNUNU
HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
BUT WHO I AM MOST PROUD OF IS
THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED HAND
SANITIZER, I WENT OUT AND FOUND
200 GALLONS OF IT.
WHEN THE HILLSBOROUGH SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT NEEDED FACEMASKS, I
FOUND THEM AND BROUGHT THEM
THERE.
WE WENT TO RESTAURANTS TO HELP
THEM STAY OPEN.
WE DID OUR PART.
I HELPED DELIVER 200 MEALS TO
THE STRATFORD COUNTY MEALS ON
WHEELS TO SENIORS.
GRANITE STATER’S ROSE TO THE
OCCASION.
WE EXILED AND WE EXCEEDED
EXPECTATIONS AND BECAUSE OF TH
, WE HAD THE LOWEST IN THE
COUNTRY.
IN APRIL, I DID A PRAYER VIGIL,
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE POWER
OF GOD AND THE POWER OF PRAYER.
WE HAD 400 PEOPLE CALL IN TO OUR
SERVICE.
WE PULLED THE STATE TOGETHER,
UNITED I PRAYER, AND WE ARE IN
PRETTY GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
JOHN DISTASO.
JOHN: THANK YOU.
MR. MAYBERRY, IN AN INTERVIEW IN
YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE IN
JUNE, SUPPORT OF A MORE
AGGRESSIVE REOPENING OF THE
ECONOMY.
YOU SAID THEN THAT WHEN YOU GO
OUT, YOU DON’T WEAR A FACE MASK.
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST
CANDIDATES TO RESUME IN-PERSON
CAMPAIGN EVENT
YOU SAID, QUOTE, "YOU’RE AN
INDIVIDUAL AND YOU’RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH
AND YOUR OWN ACTIONS.
I TAKE "LIVE FREE OR DIE"
SERIOUSLY."
QUESTION IS, DOES THE SPIKE IN
CASES ACROSS THE NATION, WHILE
KNOT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONCERN
YOU, AND SHOULD THE PRESIDENT
TAKE STRONGER STEPS, INCLUDING
WITH A MASK MANDATE, TO STOP THE
SPREAD?
MR. MAYBERRY: I HATE ANY KIND OF
FEDERAL MANDATE.
WE LIVE IN A LIVE FREE OR DIE
STATE, NOT A LIVE FREE OR COMPLY
STATE.
OF THE INDIVIDUAL, YOU MAKE
DECISIONS.
I WEAR A MASK BY GOING TO STORES
AND I SAY, PLEASE WEAR A MASK.
IT IS THEIR SMALL BUSINESS AND I
WANT TO HONOR THEIR WISHES.
I FELT WE COULD HAVE HAD THE
GOLF COURSES OPENED EARLIER, WE
COULD HAVE OPENED THE BEACH IS A
LITTLE EARLIER, BUT THAT WAS THE
GOVERNOR’S CALL, NOT MINE.
I LIVE IN DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHERE I SIT WITH THIS IS, LET
INDIVIDUALS AND ADULTS DECIDE
WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM, AND
ABSOLUTELY NO FEDERAL MANDATES
AND NO TRACKING OF ANY KIND.
JOHN: MR. MOWERS, YOU ARE WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST FRIDAY AT A
RALLY WITH AN ESTIMATED 2500
PEOPLE.
HUNDREDS WERE NOT WEARING MASKS,
AND MANY BOOED WHEN THEY WERE
TOLD THEY MUST.
DID YOU WEAR ONE?
AND WAS THE PRESIDENT RIGHT TO
IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING
RESTRICTIONS BY ALLOWING MORE
PEOPLE INTO THE VENUE?
MR. MOWERS: JOHN, I WAS HONORED
TO BE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WHEN HE REITERAT HAS
ENDORSEMENT OF MY CAMPAIGN.
I DID WEAR A MASK.
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID,
WEARING A MASK IS, IN HIS WORDS,
PATRIOTIC.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO WEAR
A MASK WHEN IT MAKES SENSE, BUT
I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO A
FEDERAL OR STATE MANDATE FOR A
MASK ORDER.
ULTIMATELY, IT IS UP TO
INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN WHEN
BUREAUCRATS TRY TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON HEALTH CARE FROM
MERCK AN FAMILIES.
CHRIS PAPPAS AND NANCY PELOSI
CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR MORE AND
MORE GOVERNMENT INTRUSION IN OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
THEY ARE TRAINED TO HAVE
BUREAUCRATS MAKE DECISIONS FOR
GRANITE STATERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
THAT IS THE WRONG APPROACH.
WE NEED TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS
AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
NECESSARY TO MAKE DECISIONS.
WE DID THAT WITH THE GLOBAL
H.I.V. PROGRAM, IN SHORT THE
WAS THE MOST DATA FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS, FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
CARE WORKERS TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS.
THAT IS HOW YOU TACKLE THE
PANDEMIC, PROVIDE INFORMATION,
THE TOOLS, OR RESOURCES IN THE
MATERIALS NECESSARY AND
ENCOURAGE THEM BASED ON THE DATA
AVAILABLE.
ADAM: TO FOLLOW UP HERE.
WHY DO YOU THINK MASK-WEARING
HAS BECOME SO POLITICAL?
MR. MOWERS: I THINK YOU HAVE
SEEN POLITICS AT PLAY FROM DAY
ONE OF THIS CRISIS.
I WAS THE FIRST CANDIDATE IN THE
COUNTRY TO CALL FOR A TRAVEL BAN
FROM CHINA IN JANUARY.
THE PRESIDENT THEN IMPLEMENTED
THE BAND DAYS LATER.
WHEN HE DID SO AND I CALLED FOR
IT, WE WERE CALLED ALL SORTS OF
NAMES BY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE, WHEN WE KNOW IT WAS
THE RIGHT DECISION T MAKE.
IT GIVE US TIME TO RAMP UP
CAPABILITIES AS WE WERE STILL
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS
VIRUS WAS.
THAT HAS BEEN POLITICS BEING
PLAYED FROM DAY ONE FROM THIS.
IT IS NOT HOW IT SHOUL BE.
WE SHOULD BE USING DATA,
EVIDENCE, AND GIVING PEOPLE THE
BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE TO
MAKE DECISIONS AT A GRANULAR
LEVEL, NOT JUST WORKING OFF IN
MOTION THE WAY TO MAKE PEOPLE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
IT SHOULD BE BASED ON FACTS.
THAT IS HOW WE CAN ENSURE WE ARE
SAFELY ABLE TO REOPEN THE
MILLYARD.
ADAM: WHY DO YOU THINK
 A MASK HAS BEEN SO POLITICAL?
MR. MAYBERRY: MAY HAVE EXPANDED
 
 
 
 
BEYOND IT.
WHEN THE FIRST COVID WAVE CAME
THROUGH, THEY GIVE $25 MILLION
TO THE KENNE CENTER, THAT TOLD
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE HAMPSHIRE
ROAD A WAY THAT THIS IS NOW A
POLITICAL PROCESS.
IT WAS NOTHING BUT A MARKET
BASKET FOR EVERY DEMOCRAT TO PUT
IN THEIR PET PROJECTS.
WHY DID THE KENNEDY CENTER NEED
$25 MILLION?
I THINK THEY WANTED TO EMBARRASS
THE PRESIDENT, FUND THEIR OWN
PET PROJECTS.
IT WAS WRONG.
IT IS NOT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
RIGHT.
WE LOOK AT PROBLEMS HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND WE COME TOGETHER
AND SOLVE THEM.
WE WORK TOGETHER, WE MOVE
FORWARD.
THAT IS THE KIND OF CONGRESSMAN
I WILL BE.
I WANT TO TAKE GRANITE STATE
SOLUTIONS AND VALUES TO
WASHINGTON AND DENY THE KENNEDY
CENTER $25 MILLION.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
MONICA HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: RIGHT NOW, CONGRESS IS
STILL DEBATING A SECOND STIMULUS
BILL.
WE’VE HEARD FROM GRANITE STATERS
WHO SAY, WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS HELP THOSE WHO ARE OUT
OF WORK, THEY ARE PUTTING
THEMSELVES AT RISK JUST BY GOING
TO WORK.
SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MAKE SURE ESSENTIAL WORKERS GET
HAZARD PAY DURING THE PANDEMIC,
AND SHOULD THAT INCLUDE TEACHERS
AND SCHOOL STAFF, WHO HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN DESIGNATED
ESSENTIAL?
MR. MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION MONICA.
WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THESE
REOPENING DECISIONS TO BE MADE
AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT HERE.
THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT FORTH A
PLAN TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO REOPEN
IN A WAY THAT ENSURES LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE THE DECISIONS
NECESSARY WITH INPUT FROM
TEACHERS AND PARENTS, THE WAY IT
SHOULD BE.
SAME WITH MOVING OUR ECONOMY A
GETTING THAT REOPENED.
WE NEED TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT
IS SAFE AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
ENSURE THEIR HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING IS THERE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT COVID
RELEASE BILL, WE HAVE AMPLE
RESOURCES ALREADY APPLIED RIGHT
NOW, OVER $100 BILLION IN P
FUNDING THAT WAS NOT SPENT.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IS OPEN
FOR BUSINESS IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
COVID-19, MOSTLY RESTAURANTS AND
THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
AND SEASONAL
BUSINESSES.
INSTEAD, WE SEE POLITICS BEING
PLAYED BY CHRIS PAPPAS AND NANCY
PELOSI, WHEN THEY REJECT ANY
DEAL THE WHITE HOUSE OFFERS.
IT IS POLITICS.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: I WANT TO AUGMENT
WHAT MR. MOWERS JUST SAID BY
SAYING, THE $600 A WEEK
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT THAT CAME
THROUGH IS ACTUALLY HINDERING
THE OPENING OF OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IT IS STALLING OUR ECONOMY FROM
GROWING.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I AM MAKING
MORE MONEY BY STAYING HOME THEN
GOING  WORK.
I TALK TO SMALL BUSINESSES,
RESTAURANTS, HOTELS,
MANUFACTURES,.
.
THEY CAN’T FIND THEIR EMPLOYEES
TO GO BACK TO WORK THAT IS
STALLING OUR RECOVERY.
WE HAVE THE APPARATUS IN PLACE
TO DO BUSINESS SAFELY,
EFFECTIVELY.
WE NEED TO GET OUR WORKERS BACK
ON THE JOB, BACK WITH OUR
ECONOMY, AND LET’S CONTINUE TO
GROW.
WE HAD THE BEST ECONOMY IN
HISTORY BEFORE COVID HIT.
LET’S GET BACK TO THAT POINT.
ADAM: JOHN DISTASO WITH THE NEXT
QUESTION.
JOHN: THANK YOU.
AS SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE
REOPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS
, SAY THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT FUNDING
THEY RECEIVED WILL LIKELY NOT BE
ENOUGH TO MEET ALL THEIR
EXPENSES.
IN JULY GOVERNOR SUNUNU
ALLOCATED ONE AND A $HALF
-- $1.5 MILLION IN C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDS TO BE USED FOR
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PRIVATE,
RELIGIOUS, AND HOME-SCHOOLING
PROGRAMS.
SHOULD RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
GET PUBLIC DOLLARS?
DOES THAT HURT PUBLIC SCHOOL
AND, DOES THAT NARROW THE
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?
FIRST TO MR. MAYBERRY.
MR. MAYBERRY: I AM THE ONLY
CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO HAS
SERVED ON A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
IN THE GREAT CITY OF DOVER, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, SO I UNDERSTAND THIS
CHALLENGE VERY UNIQUELY.
YES, JOHN, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT
EDUCATION SHOULD HAVE SCHOOL
CHOICE.
I HAVE ADVOCATED CLOSING THE
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
PUTTING A PADLOCK ON THAT DOOR,
AN KEEPING THE MONEY
HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO EDUCATE
OUR CHILDREN.
THE MONEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE
CHILD, NOT THE CHILD HAVE TO
CHASE THE MONEY TO GET THE BEST
SCHOOLING THE HUMAN THEY CAN.
SO I FAVOR SCHOOL CHOICE AND
THAT INCLUDES RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
CHOICE.
I WANT OUR CHILDREN EDUCATED, IF
IT IS A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, A
PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOL, PUBLIC
CHARTER SCHOOL MONTESSORI OR
HOMESCHOOLING, I WANT ORCHARD
AND TO HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION
POSSIBLE GOING SO THEY CAN ENTER
TH WORKFORCE.
JOHN: MR. MOWERS COME THE SAME
QUESTION, PLEASE.
MR. MOWERS WE SHOULD ENSURE
THAT FEDERAL FUNDING DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE BASED ON CHILDREN
-- THIS CAN WRITE ON CHILDREN
BASED ON WHERE THEY GO TO
SCHOOL.
ALL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GO BAC TO WHATEVER
SCHOOL THEY GO TO AND FEDERAL
RESOURCES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.
WE DO NEED TO EMPOWER PARENTS TO
ACTUALLY HAVE A DECISION ABOUT
WHERE THEY SEND THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN FROM COVID-19 A
LOT OF PARENTS WILL BE
REEVALUATING THEIR WAY THEIR
CHILDREN LEARN.
WE SAW IT THIS LAST SPRING, A
LOT OF CHILDREN WERE NOW GOING
THROUGH REMOTE LEARNING AND
WHETHE THOSE ARE TOOLS THAT
CAN BE USED FOR THE FUTURE OR
NOT.
WE WILL SEE WHETHER PARENTS WANT
THEIR CHILDREN IN THE
TO BE OPEN-MINDED AND CREATIVE
IN THE WAY WE WERE THINKING, TO
ENSURE THAT PARENTS ARE
SUPPORTED FOR THEIR CHILDREN CAN
GO TO THE SCHOOL OF THEIR
CHOOSING WHERE THEY CAN GET THE
BEST QUALITY EDUCATION.
FEDERAL DOLLARS SHOULD FOLLOW
THAT, IT SHOULD NOT BE
DISCRIMINATED BASED ON WHAT SOME
BUREAUCRAT IN D.C. WANTS TO
HAPPEN.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION, MONICA
HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
FDA SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW
THAT THE AGENCY WOULD BE WILLING
TO APPROVE A COVID-19 VACCINE
BEFORE PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIALS
WERE COMPLETE.
SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS
HAVE SAID EARLY APPROVAL COULD
SERIOUSLY ERODE CONFIDENCE IN
ALL VACCINES
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE
CURRENT VACCINE TRIAL PROCESS,
AND DO YOU THINK AMERICANS WILL
TRUST A COVID-19 VACCINE
MR. MOWERS, WE WILL START WITH
YOU?
MR. MOWERS LOOK, IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ANYTHING THAT
COMES OUT TO, OF COURSE, BE SAFE
FOR PATIENTS AND INDIVIDUALS.
IT WILL ALSO BE UP TO
INDIVIDUALS TO CHOOSE WHETHER
THEY FEEL SAFE TAKING THE
VACCINE.
IT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I HAVE
WORKED WITH LE DA, THEY ARE A
BUREAUCRATIC ORGANIZATION THAT
OFTEN DOES NOT MAKE DECISIONS IN
THE BEST INTERESTS, ENSURING
THEY DON’T GET SUED.
WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR MINDSET.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT
BECAUSE OF COVID-19, TREATMENTS
AND THERAPIES THAT WOULD TAKE
5-10 YEARS ARE BEING DEVELOPED
IN 5-1 MONTHS, BECAUSE WE HAVE
INTEREST AND THE POLITICAL WILL
BEHIND IT NOW.
BUT WE SHOULD BE TAKING SOME OF
THE WAYS WE HAVE APPROACHED
COVID-19 AND APPLY IT TO A WHOLE
HOST OF OTHER THERAPIES, TO
ENSURE THE FDA IS ACTUALLY DOING
WHAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF
PUTTING LIFE-SAVING MEDICATION
IN THE HANDS OF PATIENTS, AND
NOT TRYING TO GET IN THE WAY.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY, YOUR
RESPONSE?
MR. MAYBERRY: I AGREE WITH MR.
MAUER’S.
WITH THE FDA TRIALS GOING
FORWARD, THIS SHOULD BE AN
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.
THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING VACCINES AND A LOT OF
OUR ALLIES.
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN A
QUICK AND AGGRESSIVE WAY.
ONE THING I DO NOT WANT TO SEE
IS IN NATIONAL VACCINE REGISTRY,
WHO HAS IT AND WHO DOESN’T.
I AM NOT A FAN OF ANY NATIONAL
REGISTRIES OF ANY TYPE.
SO IT WILL BE UP TO THE
INDIVIDUAL.
I AM GLAD THE FDA IS WORKING
TOWARDS FAST TRACKING, AND I
APPLAUD PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR FAST
TRACKING THIS APPROVAL.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER AND WE CAN GET THROUGH
IT QUICKLY WHEN THE TIME IS
RIGHT.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
JOHN.
JOHN: THANK YOU.
IF YOU ARE IN YOU CONGRESSMAN IN
JANUARY, AND THE LEADERSHIP
ASKS WHAT THE FIRST EXPENDITURE
SHOULD BE TO DEAL WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS, HOW WOULD YOU
ANSWER?
LET’S START WITH MR MAYBERRY.
MR. MAYBERRY: YES.
THE PPP PROGRAM I THINK WAS A
VERY GOOD JOB IN HELPING TO KEEP
OUR SMALL BUSINESS OPEN.
THIS AFTERNOON I WAS AT A
BUSINESS HERE IN MANCHESTER.
HER NAME IS CHRIS, AND SHE SAID
SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY OPEN
BECAUSE OF PPP.
I KNOW RESTAURANTS THAT SAID
OPEN BECAUSE OF PPP.
IT GIVE THEM A NECESSARY
PIPELINE THAT GOT THEM THROUGH
THE CRISIS.
JOHN: MR. MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: WE SHOULD NOT JUST
BE LOOKING AT WHAT MONEY WE CAN
SPEND FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS,
BUT WHAT ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN BY
THE NEXT CONGRESS TO PREPARE FOR
THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION I
WILL PROPOSE INCENTIVIZES
COMPANIES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL
SPACE TO MOVE MANUFACTURING AWAY
FROM CHINA AND HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
IT IS VITALL IMPORTANT, AS WELL
AS THOSE IN OTHER KEY SUPPLY
CHAIN AREAS THAT ARE IN OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST.
IF WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE
PAST FEW MONTHS AND WHY IT IS
ENOUGH ABOUT HOW CHINA REMAINS A
THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES, WE
WILL BE BETTER PREPARED NOT JUST
TO RESPOND TO OUR CURRENT
CRISIS, BUT TO FUTURE CRISES.
I WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
OUT THERE SUPPORTING OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN
HARD HIT.
SOME OF MY GOOD FRIENDS ARE
RESTAURANT OWNERS IN BEDFORD.
THEY SUPPORTED CHRIS PAPPAS TWO
YEARS AGO AND THEY NO LONGER DO
BECAUSE HE HAS LEFT THEM BEHIND.
ADAM: SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS IN
GENERAL A LOT OF AGREEMENT HERE
BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES BUT
WHAT DIFFERENCE DO YOU THINK
THERE MAY BE IN TERMS OF
HANDLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
MR. MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: I BRING A DIFFERENT
SET  EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE TACKLED GLOBAL PANDEMICS
BEFORE, SO I HAVE INTEGRAL
KNOWLEDGE AND EXACTLY HOW WE
SHOULD APPROACH OF THESE, HOW WE
CAN WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND INSTITUTIONS OF FAITH, HOW
WE CAN ENSURE THE PARENTS OF
INDIVIDUALS ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL HAVE COMFORT, KNOWING THAT
ULTIMATELY WE ARE PUTTING OUR
BEST INTEREST FORWARD TO GET
LIFE BACK TO NORMAL.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE I BRING.
ADAM: MR. MAYBERRY, HOW ABOUT
YOU, HOW WOULD YOU HELP TACKLE
THIS ONCE IN A CENTURY PROBLEM
DIFFERENTLY THAN MR. MOWERS?
MR. MAYBERRY: BECAUSE I AM NEW
HAMPSHIRE GUY.
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
 WORK WITH SMALL
BUSINESSES.
MY OPPONENT ARRIVED HERE IN
JANUARY AND DECIDED TO RUN FOR
CONGRESS.
I WILL BE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONGRESSMAN.
I WILL WORK WITH SMALL
BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS, GET
THEM THE CARE AND INFORMATION
THEY CAN KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES
GOING, THEIR BUSINESSES AFLOAT,
AND THEY CAN KEEP OUR ECONOMY
MOVING FORWARD.
WE NEED A NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONGRESSMAN.
CHRIS PAPPAS WENT TO WASHINGTON
AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT US.
IF NANCY PELOSI DOES NOT GIVE
HIM HIS MARCHING ORDERS FOR THAT
DAY, HE IS COMPLETELY LOST.
WE NEED A LEADER, SOMEONE WHO
WILL ENTER THE FRAY AND HELP NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
IT IS NICE TO HAVE A GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE -- I WENT TO 63
COUNTRIES, I HAVE SEEN A LOT IN
MY WORLD BUT AS A U.S. VETERAN.
BUT I BRING THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE
PERSPECTIVE.
I FOUND 200 GALLONS WHEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT DIDN’T HAVE
ANYTHING, TO THOUSAN FACEMASKS,
AND  FOUND 25 CHROMEBOOKS FOR
 LOW INCOME KIDS.
ADAM: MR. MOWERS, YOU HAVE 30
SECONDS TO RESPOND?
MR. MOWERS: MATT AND I HAVE
KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR ALMOST TWO
DECADE NOW.
I’VE MET HIM ON THE FIRST DAY OF
MY JOB AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SEVEN YEARS
AGO NOW.
WE HAVE FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME
NOW.
HE KNOWS ACCUSATIONS THAT HE
THROWS AROUND ARE NOT TRUE.
WE HAVE SIX DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
I’M SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT
MORE ABOUT THE COMES O WAY.
ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE PEOPLE
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN OUR COUNTRY
BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH.
ADAM: LET’S SHAKE THIS UP WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF A LIGHTNING ROUND
HERE PLEASE KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO
, 15 SECONDS OR LESS.
STARTING WITH YOU, MR. MOWERS.
IF YOU ARE ELECTED, WHO WOULD
YOU INVITE TO THE STATE OF THE
UNION?
MR. MOWERS: I WOULD INVITE CHIEF
KACAPANO, WHO IS RETIRING TODAY.
I WANT TO SHOW HOW SUPPORTIVE I
AM OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY.
ADAM: HOW ABOUT YOU, MR.
MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: KEVIN ABBOTT IS A
 POLICE OFFICER IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
HE WEARS A BULLET-PROOF VEST TO
WORK SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
HE GOES TO WORK AT 11:00 AT
NIGHT SO YOU CAN STAY HOME WITH
YOUR KIDS.
I SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I WAS ENDORSED BY MERRIMACK AND
SALISBURY POLICE STATIONS
TONIGHT.
ADAM: WE APPRECIATE IT.
15 SECONDS FOR THE ANSWER.
YOU BELIEVE THAT WASHINGTON
FOOTBALL TEAM DID THE RIGHT
THING BY ENDING THE USE OF THE
NAME "REDSKINS?"
MR. MAYBERRY: THAT IS A DECISION
 
 
 
FOR THE FOOTBALL FRANCHISE AND
THE OWNERS.
I WAS COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN
RIGHTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I
BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A CORPORATE
DECISION THAT THEY MADE.
ADAM: HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. MOWERS,
DID THEY USE THE RIGHT JUDGMENT?
MR. MOWERS: THEY CERTAINLY HAVE
THE RIGHT TO DO IT.
ULTIMATELY, THAT IS UP TO EVERY
INDIVIDUAL.
I DO THINK THAT TOO OFTEN, WE
GET IN THE WEEDS OF DIFFERENT
WORDS AND MEANINGS.
BUT THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RIGHT
TO DO IT.
ADAM: A LITTLE LETTER ONE HERE,
APPLE-PICKING SEASON HAS
STARTED.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF
APPLE TO PICK?
AND AT WHICH ORCHARD ARE YOU
DOING IT?
MR. MOWERS: MAX APPLE’S.
ADAM: ANY PARTICULAR FAVORITE,
HONEY CRISP?
[LAUGHTER]
MR. MOWERS: WHICH A ROLE WIFE
WILL HELP ME MAKE A PIE
WITH THAT WEEKEND.
ADAM: HOW ABOUT YOU, MR.
MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: -- FARM.
THEY ALSO HAVE TRAILS YOU CAN
WALK AROUND.
ADAM: ALL RIGHT.
WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST
GIFTED LEADER IN AMERICA-NOT A
POLITICIAN?
MR. MAYBERRY: THE POPE.
ADAM: YOU CAN TAKE THE REST OF
YOUR TIME THAT.
MR. MAYBERRY: THE POPE.
ADAM: MR. MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: ANYONE WHO IS
PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
EVERY DAY FOR US, ANYONE WHO
WEARS A UNIFORM, WHETHER IT IS A
VETERAN OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, HAS
MY AT MOST RESPECT BECAUSE OF
THEIR LEADERSHIP ABILITIES.
ADAM: CAN YOU NAME A SPECIFIC
DEMOCRAT FROM CONGRESS, NOT FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO YOU LOOK
, FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ON
CAPITOL HILL.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR A NAME HERE,
AND WHY?
MR. MOWERS: I THINK I CAN WORK
WITH BARBARA LEE, SHE IS A
FAR-LEFT LIBERAL DEMOCRAT.
I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH HER TO
GET FREE AUTHORIZATION OF THE
H.I.V. PROGRAM DONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
HER ON THOSE ISSUES.
ADAM: MR. MAYBERRY, HOW ABOUT
YOU?
MR. MAYBERRY: SHELLEY PUTTING
GREEN FOR ME.
ON THE SEACOAST -- SHELL
PINGREE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHING FLEET, WE
HAVE TO PROTECT FISHING JOBS AND
KEEP THOSE JOBS AT THE SHIPYARD.
I WILL WORK WITH HER TO GET
THOSE JOBS DONE.
ADAM: OK.
WE ARE DONE WITH OUR LIGHTNING
ROUND.
WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO SOME OF
THE HEAVIER TOPICS THIS STATION
 NATION HAS GRAPPLED WITH
MORE DIRECTLY SINCE THE KILLING
OF GEORGE FLOYD THREE MONTHS
AGO.
IN THE SPIRIT OF BEING CLEAR AND
DIRECT ON ISSUES OF RACE IN
AMERICA, WE’RE ASKING FOR, VERY
SIMPLY, A YES OR NO ANSWER TO
THIS QUESTION BEFORE WE DIG
DEEPER.
MR. MOWERS, DOES SYSTEMIC RACISM
EXISTS IN THE U.S., YES OR NO.
MR. MOWERS: I BELIEVE THERE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RACIST.
FOLKS WH BRING IT INTO THE
JOBLESS SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
WHAT WE SAW WAS A TRAGEDY IN
MINNEAPOLIS BUT IT DOESN’T
JUSTIFY THE RIOTING AND LOOTING
WE A SEEING, OR THE FACT THAT
POLITICIANS HAVE TURNED THEIR
BACK ON LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
ADAM: IS THAT AES OR IN NO?
MR. MOWERS: NO.
ADAM MR. MAYBERRY, DOES
SYSTEMIC RACISM EXIST IN THE
UNITED STATES?
MR. MAYBERRY: NO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DELVING INTO
THIS A LOT MORE.
ADAM: THERE IS AN UNRELENTING
CALL FOR CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY
BY SOME AMERICANS WOULD DO THINK
SYSTEMIC RACISM HAS LED TO YEARS
OF POVERTY, INJUSTICE, AND A
LACK OF ADEQUATE EDUCATION AND
ALSO POLICE BRUTALITY.
WELL YOU DON’T AGREE, HOW WOULD
YOU REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS
WOULD DO, AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO HAVE
THAT LIFE EXPERIENCE?
MR MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NAACP AND
THE NATIONAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL
ON THESE ISSUES.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THEIR
OPINION BE HEARD.
THIS IS HOW RADICAL CHRIS PAPPAS
IS, THE FACT THAT ON ONE SIDE
HAVE MYSELF, THE NAACP HERE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW HAMPSHIRE’S
LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVEN JEANNE
SHAHEEN AND MAGGIE HASSAN, WHO
SAY THAT HIS FOOT TO REMOVE
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY WOULD
UNDERMINE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE CHRIS
PAPPAS.
THAT TELLS YOU HOW EXTREME HE
HAS GONE ON THESE ISSUES.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR NEW
HAMPSHIRE LEADERS, BY REACHING
OUT TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE
FOR THEIR OPINION ON THESE
ISSUES.
THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES IN
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, BUT HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WE COULD BE HELD UP
AS A MODEL.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
MANY OF THE REFORMS BEING TALKED
ABOUT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE
ALREADY DONE HERE.
INSTEAD OF DUNAGAN
POLICE OFFICERS LIKE CHRIS
PAPPAS HAS COME OUT WILL SUPPORT
THEM AND HOLD THEM AS A ROLE
MODE.
MR. MAYBERRY: THROUGH THE
EXAMPLE AS I SAID AS
COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THAT IS WHEN WE EDUCATE,
COMMUNICATE AND IF NEED
BE, WE ADJUDICATE.
THERE ARE FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION HERE, IT COULD BE
AGES THEM, DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST WOMEN -- AGEISM, AND
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN.
BUT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE
LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNOR CHRIS
SUNUNU WHO CREATED AN
INDEPENDENT PANEL TO DO THIS,
GAVE ME THE MANDATE OF
ERADICATING DISCRIMINATION HERE
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND WE HAVE
DONE SO VERY WELL.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOES AN
AMAZING JOB.
AT THEM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
COMMUNICATE, EDUCATE, AND
ADJUDICATE.
IF THERE IS VIOLENCE INVOLVED,
THE CONVERSATION STOPS.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
MONICA HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: THE LATEST HIGH-PROFILE
POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING OF A
BLACK MAN JACOB BLAKE, IN
, WISCONSIN, RESULTED IN UNREST
AND VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY,
INCLUDING A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO WA
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
SHOOTING THREE PEOPLE, KILLING
TWO.
THE PRESIDENT HAS HINTED AT
USING "THE INSURRECTION ACT,"
WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE MILITARY,
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NATIONA
GUARD TO GET INVOLVED IN
QUELLING VIOLENCE.
THIS WOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARY
ACT, IT WAS LAST USED 30 YEARS
AGO.
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, IF
ANY, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THAT
MOVE?
MR MAYBERRY?
WE WILL START WITH YOU.
MR. MAYBERRY: I THINK ANYTIME
YOU DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO FEDERAL
OFFICE BUILDING, THE U.S. POST
SERVICE.
THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS INFRINGE
YOUR FREEDOM AND QUIET ENJOYMENT
OF THE SERVICES OF OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THAT IS WRONG.
YOU NEED TO BE GUARANTEED ACCESS
TO IT.
ANYTIME THERE IS DESTRUCTION OR
LOOTING.
THE GOVERNOR’S NEED TO STEP UP
AND GET THE JOB DONE BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT.
TRUMP TALKS ABOUT THIS IS
BECAUSE THE GOVERNORS ARE
LETTING THE ANARCHY RUN WILD.
THAT IS WRONG.
THERE ARE LAW ABIDING
CITIZENS WHO CAN’T ENJOY WHERE
THEY LIVE BECAUSE OF THE LOOTING
AND THE RIOTING.
MONICA: MR. MOWERS, YOUR
RESPONSE.
MR. MOWERS: ANYTIME YOU LOSE A
LIFE, IT IS A TRAGEDY, NO DOUBT,
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THAT THE PEOPLE OF KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, THE PEOPLE OF
PORTLAND HAVE BEEN LET DOWN BY
THEIR LOCAL LEADERS AND
GOVERNORS, WHO ARE NOT TAKING
STRONG ACTION TO ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
FORTUNATELY HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WE SAW A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT REACTION.
YOU GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF
JUNE WHERE YOU HAD FOLKS
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, THEY HAD
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.
GOT BLESS THEM FOR THEIR RIGHT
TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU ALSO HAD FOLKS TRYING TO
INSERT VIOLENCE THROUGH
FIREWORKS AND THROWING BOTTLES
THAT ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT OUR GOVERNOR AND CHIEF KAPA
NO SAID ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH, AND
MADE SURE THERE WAS A PRESENCE
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SO IT DIDN’T
GET OUT OF HAND.
WE NEED TO EVALUATE EVERY
SITUATION ONE OTHER TIME,
INDIVIDUALLY.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN WISCONSIN
AND OREGON NOW IS FAILING THE
PEOPLE THERE AND I THINK THE
PRESIDENT IS RIGHT TO CONSIDER
USING THE INSURRECTION ACT IN
THOSE CASES.
MONICA: WHAT FEDERAL LAWS OR
REGULATIONS WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO
REVAMP POLICE TRAINING AND MORE
EFFECTIVELY HOLD POLICE OFFICERS
RESPONSIBLE IF THEY ABUSE THEIR
POWER TO USE EXCESSIVE OR DEADLY
FORCE?
MR MAYBERR
MR. MAYBERRY: I THINK IT IS A
STATE ISSUE.
IT IS A LOCAL DEPARTMENT ISSUE.
I DON’T THINK THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS ANY MANDATE IN
DICTATING POLICY THAT GOES BACK
TO THE STATES.
I AM A STATES’ RIGHTS GUY.
I LIKE DECISIONS TO BE MADE AS
LOCALLY AS POSSIBLE, WHAT WORKS
FOR THEM, FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT
AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE MEASURES I WOULD BE TAKING
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAY NOT BE THE
SAME AS IN ANOTHER TOWN.
THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE A GOOD JOB
OF LEADING ON THIS.
SO I LOOK TO THE STATES AND OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO OUR
POLICE ASSOCIATIONS.
TONIGHT I WAS ENDORSED BY THE
MERRIMACK POLICE ASSOCIATION AND
THE SOMERSWORTH POLICE
ASSOCIATION.
THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE POLICE ASSOCIATION
PERSONALLY ENDORSED ME.
I UNDERSTAND POLICE OFFICERS AND
THEY UNDERSTAND ME.
MONICA: THANK YOU.
MR. MOWERS: MY OPINION ON THIS
COMES FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER IT
IS OUR STATE TROOPERS,
RANK-AND-FILE PATROLMEN, WERE
VARIOUS POLICE CHIEFS.
WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING MORE
RESOURCES.
WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO MORE
AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT IS
HANDLING MEANT TO HEALTH ISSUES,
ISSUES OF DRUG ADDICTION --
WHETHER IT IS HANDLING ISSUES OF
MENTAL HEALTH, OR DRUG
ADDICTION.
WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR POLICE
OFFICERS ARE TREATED WITH THE
RESPECT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO
HAVE THEIR BACK.
UNFORTUNATELY, CHRIS PAPPAS AND
NANCY PELOSI ARE GIVING A LOT OF
ROOM TO THIS DEFUND THE POLICE
CONVERSATION.
IT IS RECKLESS.
I SUPPORT MORE FUNDING SO THAT
POLICE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO WORK
WITH MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AS
THEY OFTEN DO IN MANY CASES
ALREADY, SO THEY CAN GO ON THESE
 CALLS TOGETHER.
SO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY FOR THE TRAINING
STANDARDS THAT THEY WORK ON
INTERSTATE AS WELL.
JOHN: WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
ABOUT CHANGE IN THE POSTAL
OPERATIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
CAUSING DELAYS FOR SOME VETERANS
AND THEIR FAMILIES RECEIVING
PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE MAIL.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
THESE ISSUES?
WOULD YOU SUPPORT EMERGENCY
FUNDING FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE,
AND IF NOT, HOW WOULD YOU FIX
THE DELAYS
MATT LAUER’S FIRST.
MR. MOWERS: THANK YOU, JOHN.
I HAVE HEARD THESE CONVERSATIONS
WITH FOLKS AT THE POST OFFICE
 
 
 
 
OUT OF MANCHESTER AS WELL AS
REGULAR CARRIERS.
WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME IS THEY
FEEL FULLY CONFIDENT THAT THEIR
IT WOULD TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THE
MAIL THAT IS NEEDED.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO ENSURE
THAT SENIORS HAVE ACCESS TO
MEDICATIONS AND VETERANS ARE
RECEIVING THE
ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.
WE SAW THE POSTAL SERVICE DO A
GREAT JOB FOR THOSE WHO DIDN’T
HAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT AS A RESULT
OF COVID-19 WHEN THEY WERE BEING
PROVIDED STIMULUS FUNDING.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE A POLITICAL
FOOTBALL.
CHRIS PAPPAS ONCE AGAIN IS
PLAYING POLITICS WITH THIS
ISSUE.
I HAVE FAITH IN THE POSTAL
SERVICE TO DO THEIR JOB.
FAITH IN THEM BECAUSE I HAVE
SPOKEN TO THEM, AND I KNOW IT.
JOHN: MA MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: I HAVE FRIENDS IN
THE POSTAL SERVICE, AND WE HAVE
HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.
ALONG WITH WHAT MR. MOWERS SAID,
THEY HAVE FAITH THAT THEY WILL
GET THE JOB DONE, AND I HAVE
FAITH IN THEM.
NO ONE IS GOING TO WORK HARDER
THAN GRANITE STATERS TO MAKE
SURE THAT GRANITE STATERS ARE
TAKEN CARE OF.
THE POSTAL SERVICE DOES A GREAT
JOB, AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE OUR
VETERANS AND ALL SENIORS GET
THEIR MEDICATION IN A TIMELY
FASHION.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
MONICA HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY, YOU LABEL
YOURSELF AS PRO-CHOICE, BUT YOU
SUPPORT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, A
BAN ON LATE-TERM ABORTION, A
WAITING PERIOD, AND A
RESTRICTION ON FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
MR. MOWERS, YOU LABEL YOURSELF
AS PRO-LIFE, WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER, AND SAY
YOU WANT TO FIND COMMON GROUND
IN CASES OF RAPE AND INCES
IS MR. MAYBERRY TAKING A
POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT POSITION,
AND NOT RESTRICTIVE ENOUGH ON
THIS ISSUE?
MR. MOWERS?
MR. MOWERS: THIS IS JUST AN
ISSUE WHERE FOLKS CAN DISAGREE.
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES WHO DISAGREE ON THIS.
I HAPPEN TO BE PRO-LIFE, ALWAYS
HAVE IN.
MR. MAYBERRY IS PRO-CHOICE, AND
HE ALWAYS HAVE IN.
MY RE THE LEAF THIS IS GROUNDED
IN EXPERIENCE, I HAVE TRAVELED
THE WORLD AND SEEN WHAT EFFORT
THE U.S. PUTS INTO SOLVING
CRISES AROUND TH WORLD.
I HAVE SEEN BABIES ON WOMEN’S
HIPS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WHO
THANK AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR
KEEPING THEIR BABIES ALIVE.
SO I HAVE ALWAYS VALUED LIFE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
MR. MAYBERRY BELIEVES IN
ABORTION.
THAT IS HIS RIGHT AND IT IS
CERTAINLY ONE OF HER WE CAN HAVE
POLICY DISAGREEMENTS.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY, DO YOU
THINK MR. MOWERS AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE TOO
RESTRICTIVE ON THIS ISSUE?
MR. MAYBERRY: I THINK MR. IS
WRONG IN HIS ASSESSMENT OF ME.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE RIGHT TO LIFE, THEY
WOULD CHARACTERIZE HIM AS
PRO-CHOICE BECAUSE HE LACKS THE
EXCEPTIONS I DO.
IN MY FIRST 100 DAYS AS A
CONGRESSMAN, I WILL INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION.
I BELIEVE IN PARENTAL
NOTIFICATION, IN NO MONEY AT ALL
FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
I PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH
I AM A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF THE FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE
FAMILIES PROGRAM.
THERE ARE 900 CHILDREN WHO ARE
WAITING TO BE ADOPTED HERE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
I TRY TO HELP THEM FIND A HOME
AND FIND ACTIVITIES TO KEEP THEM
ENGAGED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
IT IS ONE WHERE, DURING THIS
CAMPAIGN, I HAVE ACTUALLY
BECOME, THROUGH FAITH AND PRAYER
CONVERSATIONS, MORE
CONSERVATIVE, WHEN MR. MOWERS
HAS GONE FROM BEING STRICTLY
PRO-LIFE, TO NOW ALLOWING
EXCEPTIONS AND INTRODUCING THE
BARGAINING CHIP OF COMMON GROUND
ON RAPE AND INSIST.
ADAM: MR. MAYBERRY, THAT IS
TIME.
LET'S TAKE 15 SECONDS FOR YOU TO
RESPOND.
MR. MOWERS: IF I COULD.
THAT IS NEWS TO ME THAT MATT
MAYBERRY HAS CONVERTED, WE
ALWAYS WELCOME THE CONVERTED.
I JUST TAKE QUESTIONS THAT IT
HAPPENED SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE
PRIMARY ELECTION.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRO-CHOICE.
JUST LAST WEEK HE TOLD SOMEONE
HE BELIEVES ABORTION SHOULD BE
AN OPTION FOR THE FIRST EIGHT
WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
I GUESS HE IS JUST NOT
PRO-CHOICE, MAY BE
MULTIPLE-CHOICE.
THAT IS A NEW OPINION EXPRESSED
HERE TONIGHT.
ADAM: MR. MAYBERRY, YOUR
RESPONSE.
MR. MAYBERRY: EIGHT WEEKS COME
FROM A RAPE, IN FAST, AND THE
LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
I AM MORE RESTRICTIVE, I BELIEVE
IN PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND A
WAITING PERIOD.
I WILL BE A PRO-LIFE VOTE IN
CONGRESS.
MR. MOWERS: WELCOME TO THE TEAM,
MATT.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION FROM JOHN
DISTASO.
JOHN: MR. MAYBERRY, THE STATE
REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM
RECOGNIZES MARRIAGE AS "THE
SACRED UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN AND
ONE WOMAN AS ORDAINED BY GOD."
YOU’RE OPENLY GAY, AND VERY MUCH
IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
DOES THIS PLATFORM POSITION
OFFEND YOU, AND WOULD YOU WORK
TO CHANGE IT AS AN INFLUENTIAL
CONGRESSMAN?
MR. MAYBERRY: IT DOESN’T OFFEND
ME BECAUSE IT IS A PARTY
PLATFORM.
FEDERAL LAW ALLOWS MARRIAGE
BETWEEN TWO ADULTS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS MADE UP
OF LOTS OF IDEALS.
ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM.
I HAVE WORKED FOR 35 YEARS
ELECTING REPUBLICANS, THOSE WHO
ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN I AM
AND THOSE WHO ARE MORE LIBERAL
THAN I AM, BUT THEY ALL HAVE ONE
THING IN COMMON, THEY ARE
REPUBLICAN, JOHN.
WE NEED TO GET BACK OUR
STATEHOUSE AND STATE LEGISLATURE
AND KEEP THE GOVERNORSHIP.
WE NEED TO FIRE CHRIS PAPPAS,
AND FIRE JEANNE SHAHEEN AND
REPLACE THEM WITH REPUBLICANS.
35 YEARS I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
ELECT REPUBLICANS, AND THAT
PLATFORM PLANK HAS NOT SLOWED ME
DOWN ONE BIT.
JOHN MR. MOWERS, AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
GOP, YOU DID NOT ACTIVELY WORK
TO CHANGE THAT PART OF THE
PLATFORM ON SAME-SEX MEMBER
MARRIAGE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
THE SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
NOW, AND IF SO, WILL YOU WORK TO
CHANGE THE PLATFORM AS AN
INFLUENTIAL CONGRESSMAN?
MR. MOWERS: I AM A LIVE FREE OR
DARAPRIM AT AN, I BELIEVE IT IS
UP TO INDIVIDUALS -- LIVE FREE
OR D REPUBLICAN.
I BELIEVE IT IS UP TO
INDIVIDUALS TO CHOOSE WHO THEY
WANT TO MARRY.
I BELIEVE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET
OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF MARRIAGE.
IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENTS JOB TO
TELL US WHO WE CAN LIVE WITH AND
WHO WOULD LOVE.
WHEN I WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
MY JOB WAS SIMPLY TO PROVIDE AN
AVENUE FOR DELEGATES TO CHOOSE
THE PLATFORM THEY CHOSE.
I WAS NOT A VOTING MEMBER OF THE
STATE DELEGATE, I WAS A STAFF
MEMBER, BUT THAT IS THE PLATFORM
THE PARTY CHOSE.
ULTIMATELY, MY PERSONAL OPINION
IS THAT FOLKS SHOULD BE WHAT TO
LOVE AND LIVE WITH WHOM THEY
CHOOSE TO.
ADAM: MONICA HERNANDEZ HAS THE
NEXT QUESTION.
MONICA: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
ENDORSED YOU.
IS THERE ANY AREAS WHERE YOU
THINK HE SHOULD BE DOING THINGS
DIFFERENTLY?
MR. MOWERS: ONE THING THAT HAS
BEEN LOST IN THE PAST TWO YEARS
IS PRIORITIZING SHOULDN’T OF
REDUCING SPENDING.
WE PROPOSED A BUDGET EARLY ON
THE REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IN REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS, AND THIS IS THE
PROBLEM -- YOU CAN’T JUST SEND
IN A REPUBLICAN TO WASHINGTON,
D.C.
IN A REPUBLICAN WHO GOES ALONG
ON SPENDING WILL ULTIMATELY
SPEND MORE MONEY.
WE DO NEED TO PRIORITIZE GETTING
CONTROL OF OUR FEDERAL DEFICIT.
THE ONLY WOMEN WILL DO THAT IS
BY  SENDING STRONG
COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WILL
PRIORITIZE IT.
THAT IS A PRIORITY I WANT TO
MAKE AND THAT IS BACKED UP WITH
MY DEEDS.
WE PROPOSE CUTTING THE BUDGET AT
MY STATE DEPARTMENT.
WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DO MORE
WI LESS.
I WILL START BY CHECKING THAT
ATTITUDE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
MONICA: WHAT CUTS WOULD YOU
MR. MOWERS: MONICA, THERE IS
EXTENSIVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING
THAT WE COULD CUT.
I WOULD FIRST AND FOREMOST SHOW
THAT WE’RE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING
CONTROL OF OUR DEFICIT BY
REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL
BUREAUCRACY AND ALSO REDUCING
THE SIZE OF THE OVERALL FEDERAL
BUDGET.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF GETTING
CONTROL OF OUR DEFICIT AND DEBT.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY, YOU ARE A
STRONG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
DO YOU THINK HE HAS UNFAIRLY
INFLUENCE THE PRIMARY BY MAKING
AN ENDORSEMENT?
MR. MAYBERRY: THE PRESIDENT CAN
ENDORSE ANYONE HE WISHES,
BECAUSE I RECALL THAT IN 2016,
WHEN MATT MAUER’S WAS WORKING
FOR GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE,
THEY WOULD BE -- DONA TRUMP.
I INTRODUCED HIM AS A 2016 AND
2020 TRUMP DELEGATE.
I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING
FOR HIM AGAIN, CAMPAIGNING WITH
HIM AND PUTTING HIS SIGNS AROUND
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB FOR
AMERICA AND HE IS GOING TO DO A
MUCH BETTER JOB IN A SECOND
TERM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
I HAVE 600 NEW HAMPSHIRE
ENDORSEMENTS, SENATOR JOHN
DESIMONE, GOVERNOR CRAGG BENSON,
CHUCK NORTH, 600 COMMUNITY
LEADERS, FOLKS ON SCHOOL BOARDS
AND PLANNING BOARDS AND TOM
COUNSELORS.
I AM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CANDIDATE
-- AND PLANNING BOARDS AND TOWN
COUNCILLORS.
600 NEW HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE
STANDING BY MY SIDE AND FIGHTING
FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ADVANTAGE,
I WILL TAKE THAT ALL DAY LONG.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION TO JOHN
DISTASO.
JOHN: THANK YOU.
THIS YEAR TARGETED U.S.
, AIRSTRIKES KILLED IRANIAN
GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITED
THE 2002 AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF
MILITARY FORCE FOR THE IRAQ WAR
AS ITS LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR
THE KILLING.
SHOULD THE PRESIDENT HAVE THE
POWER TO ORDER THE ASSASSINATION
OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
AND IF NOT, WHAT CHANGES WOU
YOU MAKE TO THE 2002
AUTHORIZATION?
MR. MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: THIS IS NOT A
FOREIGN LEADER, IT IS A
TERRORIST WHO HAS KILLED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
I WAS IN SANDWICH, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, AND I SAW A MEMORIAL
WITH 7002 HUNDRED DOGTAGS OF MEN
AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED IN THE
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.
SOLEIMANI WAS A PARASITE ON THIS
WORLD WHO NEEDED TO BE
ELIMINATED.
 I CONGRATULATE
PRESIDENT TRUMP
WE NEED STRONG ACTION IN DEALING
WITH TERRORISTS.
IF WE TAKE A SOFT HAND AND,
LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT IT
APPROACH, WE A WRONG.
WE NEED A TOUGH APPROACH WHEN IT
COMES TO PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS
AND KEEPING OUR COUNTRY SAFE, SO
I THINK OF THOSE 7200 PEOPLE WHO
GIVE THEIR LIVES ON THE WAR ON
TERROR, AND I AM GLAD SO THE
MONEY IS DEAD.
JOHN: MR. MOWERS, SAME QUESTION
 PLEASE?
MR. MOWERS: I AM GLAD WHERE HE
BELONGS, WHICH IS BACK IN HELL
RIGHT NOW, GIVEN WHAT HE HAS
DONE TO OUR TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HE WAS
ON OF THE LARGEST SPONSORS OF
TERRORISM IN THE WORLD.
HE PROPPED UP MILITIA GROUPS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST TARGETING OUR
THE ACTION HE DID.
IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN.
TALK ABOUT A COURSE CORRECTION
FROM WHERE WE WERE IN THE OBAMA
HEYDAY.
I WAS LEADING POLITICAL
APPOINTEES AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OF
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LEFT
US, THE FACT THAT ISIS WAS
RUNNING RAMPANT IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SENT CASH
TO BE PART OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR
DEAL THAT DIDN’T STOP THEM FROM
OBTAINING A NUCLEAR WEAPON DOWN
THE ROAD, DID NOTHING TO STOP
THE PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY THAT
SOLEIMANI WAS CULPABLE OF.
THE PRESIDENT NEEDED TO DO IT.
AMERICAN LIVES ARE BETTER
PROTECTED BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS
OF PRESIDENT TALK.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION FROM MONICA
HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: THERE IS A PUSH IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR FIGHTING CLIMATE
CHANGE BY DEVELOPING ENERGY THAT
IS NOT FROM FOSSIL FUELS.
NUCLEAR POWER IS AN OPTION.
THE SEABROOK 2 NUCLEAR REACTOR
WAS PROPOSED AND PARTIALLY
CONSTRUCTED, BUT NEVER FINISHED.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT REVIVING AND
COMPLETING THAT PROJECT TO MEET
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ENERGY NEEDS?
AND SHOULD MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS
BE BUILT IN THE U.S.?
MR MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: YES.
WE SHOULD OPEN UP ALL OPTIONS
FOR NUCLEAR POWER BUT ALSO FOR
ENERGY HERE IN OUR GREAT NATION.
NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS ONE OF THE
LARGEST ELECTRIC BILLS IN THE
COUNTRY.
ANY OPTION THAT WILL LOWER THOSE
ELECTRIC BILLS SO WE CAN BRING
IN MORE BUSINESS AND ALLOW THOSE
BUSINESSES CURRENTLY IT TO
EXPAND, I’M ALL IN FOR ENERGY
OPTION
MONICA: MR. MOWERS?
MY DAD OUT OF DETERMINED TO GET
HIM TO WORK ON THIS SINCE HE WAS
ACTUALLY A DIVER ON THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST E-BOOK
POWERPLANT, WORKING ON THE
DIFFERENT COOLING PIPES.
BUT I DO SUPPORT AND ALL OF THE
ABOVE APPROACH.
THE TOO MANY WORKING-CLASS
FAMILIES HURTING ESPECIALLY
DURING THE WINTER, BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF ENERGY RESOURCES
HERE.
WE DO HAVE THE HIGHEST ENERGY
COSTS IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE
NEED TO TAKE IN ALL OF THE ABOVE
APPROACH TO ENSURE WE CAN LOWER
ENERGY COSTS FOR FAMILIES.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ONE
I LOOK FORWARD TO LEADING ON.
JOHN: THE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY SPENT TO
DEAL WITH THE O.P.M. CRISIS IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, YET EARLY THIS
SUMMER, NEW HAMPSHIRE SAW ITS
HIGHEST NUMBER OF OVERDOSES IN
ABOUT A YEAR.
IS MORE MONEY THE ANSWER?
IF SO, WHAT SHOULD IT BE SPENT
ON?
IF MONEY IS NOT THE ANSWER, WHAT
IS?
MR. MOWERS
MR. MOWERS: YEAH, THIS IS AN
ISSUE THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME
NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR ALL OF
US.
I HAVE FAMILY THAT HAS SUFFERED
FROM ADDICTION.
IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR ANY
FAMILY TO GO THROUGH, BECAUSE
EVEN ON GOOD DAYS, SOMETIMES WE
FELT LIKE REALLY BAD DAYS.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO BE SMART
ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THI
WHETHER IT IS BUILDING A WALL ON
THE SOUTHERN BORDER TO STOP THE
INFLUX OF ILLEGA DRUGS,
SOMETHING I LEARNED FIRSTHAND
THROUGH BRIEFINGS AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW DRUGS CROSS
THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND COME
HERE TO NEW ENGLAND, THEN REACH
OUR COMMUNITIES AND POISON
PEOPLE.
WHETHER IT IS THE EFFORTS TO
STOP MAILING OF FENTANYL FROM
CHINA.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BACKING UP THE GOVERNOR’S MODEL,
MAKING SURE THERE IS RESOURCES
AVAILABLE SO THAT WHEN FOLKS
CHECK THEMSELVES IN BECAUSE THEY
FINALLY RECOGNIZED THEY NEED
HELP, THAT THERE MAY BE A
HELPING HAND ON THE OTHER SIDE,
THAT THERE IS TREATMENT OPTIONS
IT FOR THEM IMMEDIATELY.
INTO INPATIENT CARE THAT THEY,
YOU MAY LOSE THEM AND LOSE THEM
FOREVER.
TO MANY FAMILIES HAVE SUFFERED
TOO MUCH BUT I HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING WITH ACROSS THE GRANITE
STATE BECAUSE OF THESE
TRAGEDIES.
JOHN: MR. MAYBERRY?
MR. MAYBERRY: I HAVE TALKED TO
THOSE IN RECOVERY, THOSE WHO RUN
RECOVERY CENTERS.
WE NEED TO END SUPPLY COMING
FROM OUR’S OTHER BORDER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BUILT A
50-FOOT HIGH WALL.
I WILL CONTINUE IT 50-FEET DOWN.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF
OPEN DESERT.
LET’S USE ON TECHNOLOGY AND
PATROL THAT.
CUT THE FLOW IN HERE.
SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR AND THE HUB
AND SPOKE MODEL.
LET’S NOT DEFINED OR DISMANTLE
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
THEY NEED BECAUSE THOSE MEN AND
WOMEN ARE TRULY ON THE FRONTLINE
OF OUR ATF DEA, THOSE AGENTS
NEED TO BE SUPPORTED.
WE HAVE BEEN SHORT FUNDED AND WE
NEED TO EXPAND THAT.
IF WE NEED TROOPS AND OUR BORDER
TO STOP THE FLOW, SO BE IT.
ADAM: NEXT QUESTION FROM MONICA
HERNANDEZ.
MONICA: MR. MOWERS, MR. MAYBERRY
HAS SAID THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION’S POLICY TO
SEPARATE FAMILIES AT THE
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER WAS WRONG,
ARGUING THAT THE FAMILY IS THE
FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY.
MR. MOWERS, YOU ARE AN OUTSPOKEN
SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, DO
YOU SUPPORT THE FAMI
-SEPARATION POLICY?
MR. MOWERS: LET ME JUST SAY,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT WAS AN
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POLICY THAT
WAS CONTINUED ON.
WITH THAT ASIDE, I SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT’S IMMIGRATION
POLICIES.
MR. MAYBERRY HAS SAID HE OPPOSES
THE IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
WE NEED TO GET TOUGH OF THE
SOUTHERN BORDER TO STOP THE
INFLUX OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
AND ALSO ENSURE SECURITY AT THE
BORDER WE ALL ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THAT WITH THE THREAT OF COYOTES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER, YOU HAVE TO
TAKE ACTIONS TO ENSURE PEOPLE
ARE ACTUALLY COME ACROSS ON
THEIR OWN WELL, NOT BECAUSE
SOMEONE IS PAYING THEM TO
SMUGGLE THEM ACROSS THE BORDER
WEATHER FOR ILLICIT PURPOSES OR
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT’S
POLICIES.
MR. MAYBERRY OPPOSES THEM.
MONICA: MR. MAYBERRY, YOU HAVE
BROKEN ON THE PRESIDENT ON THAT
FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY.
WHY IS HE WRONG?
MR. MAYBERRY: FIRST OF ALL, I
LIKE HOW MR. MOWERS HAS BROUGHT
NEW JERSEY POLITICS INTO NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
I HAVE NEVER SAID I DISAGREE
WITH THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY ON
IMMIGRATION.
I ACTUALLY AGREED WITH A IVANKA
TRUMP WHEN SHE SAID SHE FELT
FAMILY SEPARATION WAS WRONG.
TO DISAGREE ON ONE ITEM OF THE
NATIONAL PLAN ON IMMIGRATION IS
WRONG.
IT IS A MISCHARACTERIZATION.
IT IS NEW JERSEY POLITICS COMING
UP HERE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
I DO HOPE WE GET A CHANCE
SOMETIME TONIGHT, BECAUSE IF MR.
MOWERS WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I WANT TO HOLD
HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS
OF GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT HIM YET.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE HE
IS THE WORST GOVERNOR ON THE
SECOND AMENDMENT.
HE BROUGHT FORWARD A 23 SENT PER
GALLON GAS TAX TO NE JERSEY.
IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
ME, LET’S TALK ABOUT CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
ADAM: MR. MOWERS, 30 SECONDS TO
RESPOND.
MR. MOWERS: I DON’T KNOW, HE
SEEMS SO OBSESSED WITH NEW
JERSEY MAYBE SHE SHOULD RUN
THERE.
I AM FOCUSED ON REPRESENTING THE
FOLKS IN N HAMPSHIRE.
THE FOLKS I TALKED TO WANT TO BE
STRONG ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER,
TO ENSURE OUR SECURITY IS
PROTECTED AND ALSO TO ENSURE WE
ARE PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CHRIS
PAPPAS AND NESTED POLICY HAVE
LEFT US BEHIND ON.
THEY HAVE FAILED AMERICAN
WORKERS, PRIORITIZED IMMIGRATION
POLICIES THAT WILL LET DOWN
AMERICAN WORKERS, ESPECIALLY
LETTING CHINA GET OFF THE HOOK.
MR. MAYBERRY: IF HE WAS ACTUALLY
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE WOULDN’T
WASTE TIME TALKING ABOUT HIS
DEEP ROOTS IN HAMPSHIRE.
HE WENT TO RUTGERS IN NEW
JERSEY, WANTS TO WORK FOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE, CAME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND LEFT.
THAT HE CAME BACK IN JANUARY,
AND THREE WEEKS LATER HE FOUND
FOR CONGRESS.
THIS IS A NEW JERSEY POLITICIAN
WHO CAME TO NE HAMPSHIRE, SAW A
SEAT AND TRIED TO GRAB IT.
I THINK THAT I WRONG.
CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS THE WORST
SECOND AMENDMENT GOVERNOR IN THE
NATION.
HE PASSED THE $.23 PER GALLON
GAS TAX THAT COST $2 BILLION TO
THE NEW JERSEY TAXPAYERS.
MR. MOWERS CANNOT CO HERE, YOU
CAN’T PURCHASE $12 SHORTS FROM
L.L. BEAN AND SAY THAT YOU ARE A
GRANITE STATER.
MR. MOWERS: LOOK, I AM HONORED
TO HAVE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST
RATING FROM THE N.R.A. BECAUSE
THEY KNOW I AM A GREAT SUPPORTER
OF OUR SECON AMENDMENT.
THESE TYPES OF ATTACKS I EXPECT
FROM CHRIS PAPPAS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT MATT
MAYBERRY IS TRYING TO LAUNCH
ATTACKS AGAINST MY WIFE, AGAINST
THE CONTINUOUS -- IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
HE IS UPSET BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ENDORSED ME.
IF YOU GO BACK A YEAR AGO, MR.
MAYBERRY CALLED ME AND
ENCOURAGED ME TO RUN FOR THE
SEAT.
WE ARE SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM
ELECTION, THE PRESIDENT IS IN MY
CORNER, MR. MAYBERRY
UNFORTUNATELY IS GOING TO SAY A
LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE
IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
ADAM: FINAL QUESTION TO MR.
MAYBERRY HERE.
SO, THIS DISTRICT HAS
PING-PONGED BETWEEN DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS FOR YEARS.
WHICHEVER PARTY WINS THIS TIME,
THAT CANDIDATE WILL NEED TO
REPRESENT ALL OF THEIR
CONSTITUENTS.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU THAT
APPEALS TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM?
MR. MOWERS
MATTER IS THAT I HAVE A
BACKGROUND A LOT LIKE FOLKS
EVERYWHERE.
MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY THE HAD TO
PICK AND MOVE WHEN T
DAD’S JOBSITE CHANGED, SOMEONE
WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU GO
THROUGH WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY
MEMBER WHO STRUGGLES WITH
ADDICTION, SOMEONE WHO HAD THE
GREATER ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A
PIECE OF THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
THE SON OF A GUY WHO WAS DRIVING
ON THE SEABROOK POWERPLANT, TO
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE SECRETARY OF
STATE WAS A REMARKABLE
OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE SHOWN THAT WE CAN BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I TALKED ABOUT THE WORK RUNNING
OUR GLOBAL H.I.V. PROGRAM.
THAT PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY UP FOR
REAUTHORIZATION IN THE FEW YEARS
I WAS THERE.
WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT PEOPLE
TOGETHER, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS, TO
REAUTHORIZE THAT BILL BECAUSE IT
WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
AMERICA SECURITY, AS WELL AS THE
MORAL AND RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
OUR WORLD.
PEOPLE CAN COUNT ON ME BECAUSE I
HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.
ADAM: MR. MAYBERRY, HOW DO YOU
APPEAL TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM?
MR. MAYBERRY: I SERVED IN
FIVE-YEAR TERM ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AND ALSO ON THE DOVER
SCHOOL BOARD FOR T YEARS.
I ALSO BRING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE
CHALLENGE I HAVE RIGHT NOW
SITTING HERE IS A MR. MOWERS
COMMITTED AN ETHICS VIOLATION ON
HIS FEDERAL FILING.
HE FAILED THE DISCLOSURE OF
$810,000 CONDOMINIUM IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., HE RUNS A
STUDIO APARTMENT HERE IN
BEDFORD.
HI WIFE WORKS WITH CNN
AND HE FAILED TO DISCLOSE HER
INCOME AS REQUIRED BY THE
ETHICS.
HE GOT $100,000 FOR THREE
SPEECHES I KOREA.
ON FRIDAY, HE LEFT A $58,000 A
YEAR JOB WITH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, AND ON MONDAY
MORNING, DELIVERED A $100,000
SPEECH IN KOREA.
THAT EPITOMIZES THE SWAMP.
WE SEND PEOPLE TO WORK ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT
ALL OF US NOT TO BECOME
MILLIONAIRES.
MR. MOWERS IS A MILLIONAIRE.
WE SENT 1 130-YEAR-OLD
MILLIONAIRE TO WASHINGTON ONCE
AND IT FAILEDW THAT IS NEWS TO
ME.
I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO BEING
A MILLIONAIRE BY OBSERVING NOT
ONE.
MR. MOWERS: MATT MAYBERRY CAN
LOG ALL THE LIES THAT HE
WANTS BUT IT IS NOT TRUE.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT, THEY
CAN GO ON THE WHITE HOUSE
WEBSITE AND SEE IT.
IT IS AL TRANSPARENT.
I AM AN EAGLE SCOUT.
WE ARE FULLY TRANSPARENT ON THIS
AND EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF
INFORMATION MR. MAYBERRY SAID,
WE HAVE DONE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
LAW AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE
HOUSE WEBSITE.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE MAY HAVE
MISREAD THE DIRECTIONS ON THIS.
ADAM: WE WILL GIVE EACH
CANDIDATE TIME FOR CLOSING
STATEMENT.
EACH CANDIDATE GETS TIME FOR
CLOSING STATEMENT.
WE BEGIN WITH YOU, MR. MAYBERRY.
MR. MAYBERRY: GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO
WATCH THIS EVENING.
AS YOU SAW FROM THE LAST HOUR, I
AM NOT AS ARTICULATE AND AS
POLISHED AS MR. MOWERS, BUT I
WANT TO REPRESENT YOU.
HAVE WORKED WITH YOU FOR 35
YEARS.
I’VE FOUGHT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
FAMILIES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO
DO SO.
I DIDN’T GIVE $100,000 SPEECHES
IN KOREA.
THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE SAYS YOU
HAVE TO LIST AN ASSET.
MR. MOWERS OWNS AN $800,000
CONDOMINIUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND RENTS A STUDIO APARTMENT IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE BOUGHT 12 BLACK SHIRTS AND
SAYS "I AM FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE."
HE IS USING NEW JERSEY MONEY,
TRYING TO BUY A CONGRESSIONAL
RACE.
I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU EVERY DAY.
PLEASE GO TO MAYBERRYFOR
CONGRESS.COM.
MR. MOWERS: THANK YOU, ADAM,
MONICA, JOHN AND EVERYBODY AT
WMUR FOR HAVING US.
HERE IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
WE NEEDED HIS GENERATION OF
CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP TO GO TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND TAKE ON THE
RADICAL SOCIALIS AGENDA.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO WILL
ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE WHEN CHRIS PAPPAS
HAS LEFT US BEHIND, SOMEONE WHO
CAN STAND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORKED WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SOMEONE WHO WILL HOLD CHINA
ACCOUNTABLE.
SOMEONE WHO WILL REPRESENT
MIDDLE-CLASS NEW HAMPSHIRE
FAMILIES, NOT LEAVE THEM BEHIND
AND WITH A BIGGER TAX BILL THE
WAY CHRIS PAPPAS HAS.
OVER THE QUEST OF THE NEXT FEW
DAYS THROUGH SEPTEMB 8, AND
THEN NOVEMBER 3, I LOOK FORWARD
TRUST, BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEONE
WHO WILL REPRESENT US AND NOT
JUST NAN PELOSI.
ADAM: WE THINK THE CANDIDATES
FOR THEIR TIME TONIGHT AND THE
PANELISTS FOR BEING PART OF THE
DEBATE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
TOMORROW, WE WILL HEAR FROM
REPUBLICANS RUNNING IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
AND IF YOU MISSED ANY PART OF
TONIGHT’S DEBATE, YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE
AND MOBILE APP.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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