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Former governor and first term Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Republican challenger Don Bolduc took aim at each other over inflation, abortion, national security, the border crisis, election denialism, and many more issues in their third and final debate in their crucial battleground state race that’s among a handful across the country that will likely determine if the GOP wins back the Senate majority.
But ahead of the verbal crossfire on the debate stage, Bolduc – a former Army general who served ten tours of duty in the war in Afghanistan – was nearly assaulted as he arrived at the debate site at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Wednesday evening.
According to the Bolduc campaign, a bystander standing in the crowd outside the debate site took a swing at the former general as he arrived. The campaign says Bolduc was slightly grazed but not injured.
Rick Wiley of the Bolduc campaign tells Fox News the person who threw the punch at the former general appeared to be a Libertarian activist.
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Incumbent Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan and New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc will face off in the Granite State’s November 8 election.
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Hassan’s campaign communications director Kevin Donohoe tweeted about the incident, writing: “Disgusting behavior. We saw this same libertarian party activist get aggressive with our campaign volunteers at this debate and the last.”
Bolduc referenced the altercation near the end of the debate, when he and Hassan discussed the brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at their San Francisco home.
The GOP Senate nominee said “it’s a sign of political problems. Republicans and Democrat, that fuel issues with people that get them to the point where they are just so upset at an individual that they strike out at them. Happened to me outside just before I came…
Source : foxnews
