New Hampshire Newspaper: Fox And GOP Are ‘Out To Kill’ The State’s Primary!

Flint resident Brenda Sharp casts her ballot on election day at Flint Public Library, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

The New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper published an editorial on Saturday saying that the GOP and Fox News were “out to kill” the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

The board at the Union Leader called Fox and the Republican National Committee the “mirror image” of the Democratic Party, which, according to the paper, had favored Hillary Clinton by limiting the number of debates.

The editorial continued:

The Republican Party and Fox are trying to rig it by limiting the number of candidates still viable by the time New Hampshire gets to cast the first votes. Solid candidates with a small purse but a sound message used to be able to make the grade by doing well here. By excluding such candidates from nationally-televised debates, just as voters are starting to pay closer attention, their campaigns are jeopardized.

Fox News personnel have bragged about all this, saying they will “winnow the field” before the field even gets to New Hampshire. The Republican National Committee is in on the scheme. It claims not to interfere with the debate process but notice how quick it was to dump CNBC when candidates and the public denounced CNBC’s loaded questions.

Read the full editorial.

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    So, in 2016 a state with 1.3 million people suddenly finds out nobody gives a shit what their 0.3% of the population thinks as far as determining national policy?

    Aw. So sad.

  2. …excluding such candidates from nationally-televised debates, just as voters are starting to pay closer attention…

    What’s your point? They should be grateful.

  3. if Fox and the RNC really wanted to do us a favor they’d kill whatever it is Iowa does too…

  4. You wanna write Chris Christie’s name in, you go right ahead, big fella! That’ll show the world!

  5. Am I the only one who wonders what is the point of this article, or whatever it is?

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