Don Bolduc in 2020 NH Senatorial race
On Civil Rights:
I don't look at color; I look at content of their character
I served 33+ years in the United States military, one of the most diverse organizations in the country and the organization that was the first to desegregate in our country back in 1948. I don't look at people by the color of their skin, their religion,
their sex, their orientation. I look at them as through a lens or the quality of their character, content of their character, the quality of the type of person that they are and the contribution that they make.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Solution to racism is not laws but education
We wouldn't be having this conversation if there wasn't racism existing in our in our country. It requires education. It requires us to stand shoulder to shoulder and to look past all those differences. I don't think there's a program that you can
create or a law that you can pass or legislation that you can do. These are ideas. These are things about about fairness and in developing trust and about a moral consciousness that our country has overcome to include our state.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Free Trade:
Bring manufacturing back instead of paying other countries
We need to bring manufacturing back to the United States from outside the United States. That is key for us to be able to respond to pandemics so that we're not waiting for and spending millions and billions of dollars paying other countries
for equipment that we allow them to manufacture for us overseas. And we need to do a real good look and a real good accounting of what that will require in order for us to get strong.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Health Care:
COVID: Against mask mandate; they collect bacteria
Q: Would you be in favor of a mask wearing mandate?Bolduc: A mask mandate? No, I would not. I am unapologetically of the opinion that the masks cause more problems than they solve.
Q: How so?
Bolduc: I believe that they collect bacteria.
I believe that that they get dirty. I believe that people use the same mask over and over and over again. And they don't change it. They don't change it out. We've had a huge littering problem with masks and rubber gloves, and that's creating a problem.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Health Care:
Keep some of ObamaCare but get the government out of it
The Affordable Care Act has some things in it that we need to keep. First of all, prenatal to postnatal care, pre-existing injuries, are hugely important. If you're going to change health care, you need to change the whole idea and paradigm.
We owe people a health care system that's not going to bankrupt them. I think that problem is because the government controls too much of it and we need to get the government out of it, deregulate it, privatize it, make it more competitive.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Health Care:
Go from disease management to health management
I think if we if we stop allowing pharmaceuticals to control our political system that's going to go a long way. We need to go from disease management to health management, and we need to reward good health all the way through.
And if we do that, a pill for every ill, and we manage your health, we're going to have a much healthier society and we're going to have much lower cost.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Health Care:
We need to put an emphasis on dental care & oral health
The other thing that we're not making premium in our health care is dental care, gum disease, oral health. It is so important. It reduces heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis,
heart attack, stroke. And we need to put an emphasis on that. Among our veterans dental care is is a huge problem, right? And in our society.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Not for Black Lives Matter, but Everyone's Lives
Q: Do you support the Black Lives Matter movement?Bolduc: I support the Everyone's Lives Matter movement.
Q: What does that mean because I'm not I'm not familiar with that movement. I'm hesitant to say it even exists. Are there marches for All
Lives...?
Bolduc: It doesn't exist. And that's the problem. I think when we when we categorize people and we put things in stovepipes, we're channeling ourselves in a way that's very divisive because nobody is going to be able to understand each other.
Source: NHPR The Exchange on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Lost to GOP establishment; building grassroots organization
Bolduc confirmed that he's running again for the U.S. Senate - he says he'll take on Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022. The Laconia native said his loss in the Sept. 8 Republican Senate primary to Corky Messner was, in his opinion, a loss to the
GOP "establishment," and he said he will spend the next two years building a strong grassroots campaign organization for another run. Bolduc filed a statement of candidacy less than a week after the general election, with the Federal Election Commission.
Source: WMUR 9-News on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Nov 9, 2020
On Civil Rights:
AdWatch: opposes marriage equality
[On liberal support of LGBT rights]: "I didn't spend my life defending this country to let a bunch of liberal, socialist pansies squander it away," Bolduc says in the 15-second ad, airing on cable television. "I'm Don Bolduc, I approve this message, and
Source: The Advocate AdWatch on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Aug 17, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Forts named for Confederates a "symbol of hope"
[On Confederate heritage]: "Military forts were named for a reason and that is the history that we must accept, not change," Bolduc continued. "And when people ask me, 'well, it's just a symbol of racism.' No, it's not. It's a symbol of hope.
It's a symbol of inspiration. It's a symbol of moving forward. It's a recognition of our history that we're not proud of, but we need to grow through and become stronger. That's what America is about. That's why we're the greatest country in the world."
Source: The Hill e-zine on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jul 17, 2020
On Health Care:
COVID: Claims Bill Gates wans microchips in vaccine
In a You Tube video, Bolduc made reference to a supposed plan to implant some sort of tracking microchips into people. "The only bracelets anyone is going to put on me are handcuffs, because I'm fighting for my individual rights, my constitutional
rights. And the only chip that's going in me is a Dorito," Bolduc said. When asked about the microchip statement, Bolduc said Bill Gates, retired founder of MicroSoft, wants to implant people with tracking microchips.
Source: Manchester Ink Link on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jun 17, 2020
On Civil Rights:
Shut down national media to stop spread of COVID fear
Don Bolduc suggested that the national media should be shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to reduce public anxiety. "I have a recommendation," he told a Sullivan County GOP meeting. To "buy down the fear," he proposed, "let's simply
take national media and shut it down and see what happens. I guarantee you that better information gets out at the local level, people are better informed, there's less hyperbole, [and] there's less fear being spread."
Source: American Independent on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
May 21, 2020
On Abortion:
Pro-life excepting rape, incest, life of mother
Bolduc told WMUR that he is pro-life on abortion and favors abortion
only in cases of "rape, incest and the health of the mother."
Source: WMUR 9-News on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
May 5, 2020
On Government Reform:
Overturn Citizens United decision; prevent dark money
[On campaign finance]: "Election reform must begin with a constitutional amendment, overturn the Citizens United decision to prevent dark money, 100% transparency for all campaign spending, limit self-funding, prohibit lobbyists from raising campaign
dollars," Bolduc wrote. He added, "Members of Congress must have a waiting period before being allowed to work as a lobbyist, fund campaigns with small, and donor contributions supplemented with public funds."
Source: WMUR 9-News on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
May 5, 2020
On Budget & Economy:
Federal government should not pick winners and losers
I believe the healthiest economic environment is one that promotes free market competition. Too many members of Congress embrace the term "lawmakers" and base success on the passage of needless legislation that stifles the growth
of business and allows deep-pocketed corporations to rig the system against small business and start-ups. Under no circumstances should the federal government be in the business of picking winners and losers.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Education:
Reduced tuition benefits through public service
?Every young person should have the opportunity to earn and receive a quality, affordable education. I believe that we can adopt a program that allows
young people to earn reduced tuition benefits through the performance of public service, much like I did when I joined the Army and paid for college with the GI Bill. Public service doesn't mean military service.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Gun Control:
Key to reducing violence isn't legislation, but communities
We must separate 2nd amendment rights from protecting our citizens. The key to reducing violence lies not in legislation, but in strong communities that strengthen the family values, faith, education, and sports and arts programs to bring people
together and not separate them. We need to communicate and educate. We must identify and treat mental health issues as they emerge, and above all, we must stop allowing this to be a political talking point. It's not about laws; it's about people.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Health Care:
Replace ACA with free market principle
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many Republicans have campaigned on the message of "repeal and replace." Unfortunately, we have failed to create a common-sense plan to replace the ACA.
Why should the free market principle be absent in health care? It shouldn't. If providers want to attract business, that should be done by offering a better product and an affordable cost structure.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Immigration:
Citizenship off the table for those entering illegally
?Enhancing the security of our borders is not "anti-immigration." A weak border allows free access to our citizens by those with anti-American intentions and motivated by radical ideologies. It is an avenue by which many of the drugs, human trafficking,
and illegal weapons that are fueling our crisis of addiction flow into the U.S. American citizenship is a privilege. If you enter this country by breaking our laws, I believe achieving citizenship should be off the table.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Leadership mantra: People, Family, Mission
I have a leadership mantra, 'PEOPLE, FAMILY, MISSION'--they aren't just words, they are my guiding principle that I learned growing up on the Bolduc family farm and in Laconia. In my 32 years of active duty service in the
US Army, those words were never far from my mind. I won't let special interests or partisan politics get in the way of my new mission, serving as your United States Senator.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On War & Peace:
New Hampshire needs a full-service VA hospital
New Hampshire needs a full-service VA hospital. In a state that is home to more than 100 thousand veterans and active duty members of the armed forces, it is beyond time we got this done. I believe we owe it to New Hampshire's veteran
community to receive the care they need without the burden and cost of traveling out of state. From mental health issues, addiction, and/or chronic pain as a result of injuries suffered in the line of duty, access to quality care is non-negotiable.
Source: 2020 New Hampshire Senate campaign website DonBolduc.com
Feb 10, 2020
On Jobs:
I will never support raising the minimum wage
Tweet from @GenDonBolduc: As your Senator I will never support raising the minimum wage. The free market and job performance automatically accounts for proper wages.
Raising the minimum wage will hurt small businesses and pass costs onto the consumer. This is an attempt to control you.--6:34 PM / Jan 4, 2020
Source: Twitter posting on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jan 4, 2020
On Homeland Security:
Green Alert: find post-traumatic stressed veterans
As someone who advocates for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress issues and personally open about his own struggles with PTS, Bolduc said if elected, he would put improving the quality of veterans' health care at the top of his list of
priorities. He has assisted U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan with legislation to create a "Green Alert" system, similar to an Amber Alert, to help find distressed veterans who have gone missing.
"Every (Veterans Affairs) medical center I've been in, the problem is bureaucracy and the problem is the leadership above them," Bolduc said. "The people inside the VA who work there every single day are great people and do great things
for our veterans. We have to bring the programs down to the community. All our problems are going to get solved from the bottom up, not the top down."
Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jun 27, 2019
On Health Care:
ObamaCare is going to collapse under its own weight
On policy, Bolduc predicted that "ObamaCare is going to collapse under its own weight."
And he argued that "we need to get new people" in Congress "to support the president on his initiative to improve health care for all Americans."
Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jun 24, 2019
On Immigration:
Effectively secure our borders, including a wall
Bolduc embraced Trump's call for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, saying "the wall is a part of the overall border security issue.
There are many other things. Infrastructure, a shortage of our border patrol folks. Technology. All of those things, combined with a wall, will effectively secure our borders."
Source: Portsmouth Herald on 2020 New Hampshire Senate race
Jun 24, 2019
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