ADAM: WELCOME BACK TO
"CLOSE-UP."
RETIRED ARMY GENERAL DON BOLDUC
MAY NOT HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ENDORSEMENT IN THIS RACE, BUT
THE LATEST POLL FROM THE ST.
ANSELM COLLEGE SURVEY CENTER
STRIKING DISTANCE OF CORKY
MESSNER, BUT BASICALLY TIED.
GENERAL BOLDUC IS OUR GUEST THIS
MORNING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
GENERAL BOLDUC: IT'S GREAT TO BE
HERE, ADAM.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND BEST
OF ALL YOUR VIEWERS AND
LISTENERS.
ADAM: SO, ARE YOU THE UNDERDOG
HERE?
OR HAVE BEEN PEOPLE BEEN LOOKING
AT THIS RACE ALL WRONG EVER
SINCE THE PRESIDENT'S
ENDORSEMENT?
GENERAL BOLDUC: WELL, I AM THE
UNDERDOG, OBVIOUSLY.
WHEN YOU'RE OPPOSED BY THE
ESTABLISHMENT, SPECIAL INTERESTS
AND LOBBYISTS, EVERY TURN IN THE
ROAD, IT'S BEEN OBSTACLES PLACED
IN FRONT OF US.
ALL THE SUPPORT OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT A PRIMARY
CANDIDATE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME
BECAUSE OF A DECISION MADE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT WAS
DIRECTED TO THE NHGOP HERE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE ONE NEW
HAMPSHIRE RESIDENT OR VOTER
CASTED A VOTE.
THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH OUR
DEMOCRACY, OUR REPUBLIC AND OUR
AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, CERTAINLY
OUR FOREFATHERS WOULD NOT BE
HAPPY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE SHOULD NOT BE HAPPY
WITH HAVING THEIR CANDIDATE
DICTATE IT TO THEM PARTICULARLY
BY THE ESTABLISHMENT WHICH WE
KNOW ON BOTH SIDES IS NOT
REPRESENTING US WELL IN
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, YOU KNOW,
ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO YES, I AM THE UNDERDOG.
I'VE BEEN THE UNDERDOG MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
IN SPORT, I WAS NEVER BIG ENOUGH
FOR FOOTBALL BUT I STARTED ON
THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
IN BASEBALL, I COULDN'T PITCH
BECAUSE MY ARMS WEREN'T LONG
ENOUGH BUT I WAS A VERY
SUCCESSFUL HITTER.
IN BASKETBALL, I WAS TOO SHORT
BUT I WAS ONE HELL OF AN
AGGRESSIVE GUARD.
RIGHT?
SO AND THEN CARRY THAT ON INTO
THE MILITARY, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
PEDIGREE.
I MADE IT TO GENERAL OFFICERS
AND I SURPASSED THOSE THAT TOLD
ME I WOULD NOT BE THERE.
THEY RETIRED AT, YOU KNOW,
LESSER RANKS.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS NEW
HARD WORK, NEVER QUIT, ON HIS
FAMILY FARM, LEARNED NEW
HIS WHOLE LIFE, YOU KNOW, TAKING
ON WHATEVER OBSTACLES COME IN
FRONT OF HIM AND DOING THE BEST
HE POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE OF
CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY FIRST.
ADAM: GENERAL, YOU'VE SAID YOU
DON'T TRUST YOUR
OPPONENT, CORKY MESSNER.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS
CAMPAIGN THAT HAS LED YOU TO
DETERMINE HE ISN'T
TRUSTWORTHY?
GENERAL BOLDUC: WELL, LET ME
REMIND YOU THAT YOU ASKED ME
THAT QUESTION, RIGHT?
AND I DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
MY OPPONENT UNLESS I'M ASKED A
QUESTION.
AND IT'S A FACT.
YOU ASKED ME THAT QUESTION, AND
I DON'T TRUST HIM.
LISTEN, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS
ENTIRE RACE THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE
NOT OPENLY ATTACKED HIM AT ALL.
I HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND IF
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM, THEN
THAT'S FINE.
BUT HE HAS PRIOR ACTIONS IN HIS
PAST THAT I BELIEVE INDICATE
WHAT HIS FUTURE BEHAVIOR WILL
BE.
AND LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE
D.U.I. ACCUSATION, RIGHT?
IT'S NOT AN ACCUSATION.
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR IT AND HE
PLED IT DOWN BECAUSE HE'S A
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 501-C 3.
THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN FIGURE
OUT THAT WASN'T HANDLED WELL AND
IT'S JUST ONE EXCUSE AFTER
ANOTHER.
EVEN ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO EXPLAIN
THAT.
HONESTLY?
COME ON.
LET'S JUST BE SERIOUS ABOUT
THAT.
NOW THERE'S THIS DOMESTIC ABUSE
THING THAT CAME OUT, RIGHT?
UNBELIEVABLE.
HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY MONEY TO
DONALD TRUMP WHO HE TOUTS AS
HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS HERO, RIGHT?
AND -- SO WHAT'S NEXT?
WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT THAT'S
NEXT?
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THESE
THINGS ALONE MAKE HIM AN
INADEQUATE CANDIDATE AND SOMEONE
WHO CANNOT BEAT JEANNE SHAHEEN.
PLUS, HE'S BRINGING ALL THIS
STUFF INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM
COLORADO.
OUTSIDERS BRING OUTSIDE
PROBLEMS.
AND THAT IS -- THAT'S NOT GOOD
FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE HAVE TO WIN AS A REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
WE NEED SOMEONE THAT STANDS FOR
CHARACTER, INTEGRITY AND
DEMONSTRATE WITH SELFLESS
PERFORMANCE.
HE'S NOT CUTTING IT ON ANY
LEVEL.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT'S
NEXT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE
PRIMARY AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOTERS NEED TO KNOW THIS.
THEY'RE VOTING FOR.
AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE A
CANDIDATE THAT'S GOING TO BE,
YOU KNOW, IN THE KUNG FU STANCE
THE ENTIRE GENERAL ELECTION
FENDING OFF ACCUSATIONS THAT ARE
GOING TO CAUSE US TO LOSE THE
ELECTION.
THIS IS COMMON SENSE.
RIGHT?
COMMON SENSE.
ADAM: YOU MADE A PRETTY BIG
SPLASH CALLING OUT SOCIAL
PANSIES.
CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC THOUGH?
WHO ROUGH IDENTIFY AS SOCIALIST
PANSY IN NEW HAMPSHIR
GENERAL BOLDUC: HE A.D. WAS
SHE HAS BEEN WEAK IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
SHE HAS SUPPORTED THE
ESTABLISHMENT 97.9% OF THE TIME.
SHE COMPLETELY MISMANAGED THE
COVID CRISIS.
SHE'S A TRANSACTIONAL LEADER.
MEANING THE ONLY TIME YOU'RE
GOING TO GETTING IN FROM HERE IS
IF YOU GIVE HER SOMETHING.
SHE DOES WITH IT THE OPIOID
CRISIS.
SHE HASN'T FIXED THE WATER
CONTAMINATION CRISIS.
SHE'S NOT STANDING UP FOR NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
SHE'S NOT STANDING UP FOR NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
SHE WANTS TO GET RID OF THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
HER RECENT VOTE ON THE SENATE
FLOOR TO GIVE THE U.N. AUTHORITY
TO TAKE UP WEAPONS AWAY FROM
U.S. CITIZENS.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
SHE HASN'T BEEN A VOCAL VOICE
FOR ANY OF THE VIOLENCE GOING ON
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SHE DID NOT COORDINATE OUR U.S.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO LEAD
THROUGH WITH AND BY THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAD
THEY WEREN'T WORKING FOR US.
DELAYING VOTES, VOTING CONTRARY
TO WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE WANTS THAT WILL
MAKE US SAFE.
SANCTUARY CITIES, ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
ALL THESE THINGS FROM LIMITED
GOVERNMENT TO FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FACT THAT
SHE IS UNDERMINING THE SAFETY
AND SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND AMERICA.
THAT IS WEAK.
WE NEED SOMEONE DOWN THERE OF
ACTION.
WITH A 1-800-NUMBER WHERE YOU
CAN CALL IN AND GET ALL KINDS OF
GREAT IDEAS.
THERE.
WHAT WE NEED IS A PERSON OF
ACTION THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN
THERE AND DO SOMETHING FOR NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN THE -- AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I HAVE DONE IT IN -- ALL MY
LIFE.
ADAM: YOU SPENT A CAREER AND A
LIFE SERVING THIS COUNTRY IN THE
U.S. MILITARY WHERE THE LINE IS
VERY CLEARLY DRAWN BETWEEN DUTY
AND SERVICE AND POLITICS.
DO YOU THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ESSENTIALLY
HOLD A NOMINATING CONVENTION AT
THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, THE WHITE
HOUS
GENERAL BOLDUC: WELL I THINK
IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO DO WHATEVER HE
THINKS HE NEEDS DO IN TERMS OF
COMMUNICATING WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT HE DID
OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS WAS
EFFECTIVE.
I WOULDN'T CRITICIZE BIDEN FOR
DOING IT WHERE HE DID IT NOR
SHOULD WITH CRITICIZE THE
PRESIDENT TO DO IT WHERE HE DID
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE BUT HE
RESIDES THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON LONE TO
HIM -- LOAN TO HIM FROM THE
PEOPLE.
BUT THAT'S A VERY APPROPRIATE
PLACE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE THAT
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
ADAM: WE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT
HERE, GENERAL.
WHAT'S YOUR STRATEGY HEADING
INTO THE GRANITE STATE DEBATE?
GENERAL BOLDUC: I DON'T PULL ANY
PUNCHES.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SAY TO MY
OPPONENT GET READY BECAUSE IT'S
COMING AND WHAT GOING TO DO IS
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW CONTRAST.
CONTRAST BETWEEN ME AND HIM.
THE WHOLE VENUE IS THAT WE'RE
NOT STANDING SIDE BY SIDE SIX
FEET APART BECAUSE THAT IS A
VISUAL PEOPLE NEED TO SEE.
HONESTY IS A HUGE PART OF THIS.
I WILL BE HONEST.
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE SOME
LAWYER ANSWER, SOME CIRCULAR
ANSWER AROUND A QUESTION.
RIGHT, WRONG, INDIFFERENT,
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE RIGHT
ANSWER FROM ME AND IT IS GOING
THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHAT'S
GOING ON DOWN IN WASHINGTON,
D.C.
PEOPLE AREN'T STANDING UP.
ADAM: GENERAL, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
GENERAL BOLDUC: ALL RIGHT.
AD
