Democracy starts at home, and in New Hampshire that means stopping election deniers Republican congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt and senatorial candidate Don Bolduc.
Is democracy really in danger? Consider the words of prominent Republican national pollster Frank Luntz. “This country is on the precipice,” he said. “What Trump (and his followers) are doing is destructive to democracy.”
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