Hassan has traveled out-of-state a whopping 43 times this year – including this past weekend when the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 occurred. Despite the news, Hassan chose to remain in California claiming that she could keep New Hampshire safe remotely…
But Hassan’s absence is becoming an issue on another front as well.
As outlined in a New Hampshire Union Leader editorial, quarterly spending reports are now more than two months overdue. The editorial notes, “Before heading out of state on another field trip to raise money for her U.S. Senate campaign, Gov. Maggie Hassan should turn in her homework.”
In case you missed it, WMUR reports:
Hassan criticized for out-of-state campaign travel
As Gov. Maggie Hassan tries to conduct a high-profile run for U.S. Senate while holding her day job, her efforts are being criticized by the Republican leaders of the New Hampshire House and Senate.
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The shootings at a gay bar in Orlando over the weekend was the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. Hassan was in California for events related to her Senate run, but she said she was in almost immediate contact with emergency officials in New Hampshire.
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[Senate President Chuck] Morse has often been critical of the amount of time Hassan has spent campaigning out of state during her Senate run. While she couldn’t have foreseen the attack in Orlando or the incident earlier this month in which two Manchester officers were shot, she has been criticized for not returning home immediately afterward.
"This is a full-time job that needs boots on the ground every day, and the governor is not doing that," Morse said.
House Speaker Shawn Jasper also criticized the 43 full or partial days Hassan has been out of state this year.
"She is gone all the time," Jasper said in a written statement. "She’s running to represent New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate, but if she’s raising so much money out of state, I have to wonder who she’s really looking to represent."
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