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Conservatives in New Hampshire are pushing to impeach Governor Chris Sununu, according to Fox News.
Just Now: Anti-mask demonstrators outside the home of Republican @GovChrisSununu in Newfields, NH. The Granite State on Friday became the 37th in the nation to implement a mask mandate. #nhpolitics #coronavirus #CoronavirusPandemic pic.twitter.com/AV4c9CNYuo
— Paul Steinhauser (@steinhauserNH1) November 22, 2020
“This move was not taken lightly. We must restore our government to its constitutional roots — with checks and balances — where the Legislature writes the laws and the executive branch implements them.”
“I was not elected to stand by while our Constitution is shredded before our eyes.”
“We can’t have our Governor acting as a King.”
“By wearing your mask, you help us keep our friends, family, neighbors and critical workforce members and those they care for safe, as well as our economy open.”
While no one would ever intend to do this, we know that asymptomatic spread is obviously out there, and this mask mandate will help our economy remain open.
— Chris Sununu (@GovChrisSununu) November 19, 2020
“I think it’s totally unacceptable – whether they be Democrats or Republicans – to protest at a politician’s private home.”
Steve Stepanek said, “I think anybody who’s calling for his impeachment is misguided.”
And in a statement, Stepanek and NHGOP vice-chair Pam Tucker wrote that the state party “has always and will continue to stand with Governor Sununu and his team as he fights for Granite Staters during this global pandemic. Talk of impeachment is a severe obfuscation of the reasons Granite Staters elected Republicans on Nov. 3 and these House members seeking headlines will look foolish when this effort falls flat before it even gets off the ground.”
From Fox News:
Their efforts to pursue a resolution to impeach Sununu in the upcoming 2021 legislative session comes just days after the governor last week implemented a mask mandate, making New Hampshire the 37th state in the nation to have mask requirements. And it comes in the wake of an anti-mask protest outside the governor’s private home.
Sununu earlier this month won a landslide reelection victory to a third two-year term as New Hampshire governor. And his coattails helped Republicans regain the majority in both the state House and Senate as well as the five-member Executive Council, which serves as an elective cabinet.
Stepanek, praising the governor’s efforts helping fellow Republicans in the 2020 elections, emphasized that “this cycle the governor went overboard – he gave his time, his name, his money, to help all down-ballot Republicans.”
