Like Bob Dylan’s never-ending tour back before the pandemic, Gov. Chris Sununu has embarked on his own never-ending tour of national TV studios as well as the usual must-attend stops for presidential wannabes.
Friday he was a featured speaker, along with other potential GOP presidential candidates, at the National Rifle Association’s national convention days after two mass shootings in Tennessee and Kentucky killed 10 people.
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