New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has shown the country that he is an irrelevant afterthought in contemporary GOP politics. From his timidity and inability to address Republican cultural issues to his recent endorsement of Nikki Haley for president, Sununu has repeatedly embarrassed himself on the political stage. It happened again Tuesday when Republican voters in his own state sent him a rejection message.
Sununu was asked about Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) endorsement during an appearance on Newsmax last week. Rather than simply say something to the effect of, “Paul is entitled to his own opinion like everybody else in the country,” Sununu had no trouble being critical of Paul. He then went on the attack.
“What does Rand Paul mean? Nothing,” Sununu stated when asked about Paul’s comments. “I’m sorry, but nobody cares what Rand Paul thinks in this race. This race is in Iowa and New Hampshire; it’s in South Carolina. She’s the only candidate that’s surging.”
Well, Chris Sununu, apparently, they do. They really do.
Sununu’s claims of Haley surging were as reliable as an iceberg watcher on the Titanic. She finished third in Iowa last week and lost to Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Tuesday. Sununu’s endorsement did not have much of an impact on election results. As mentioned above, Sununu was politically irrelevant, and his endorsement was arguably little more than an attempted vanity project.
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And so Sununu lost. Moreover, voters from Salem Township in New Hampshire, Sununu’s hometown, didn’t even listen to Sununu and instead voted more in line with Rand Paul’s preferences. Results showed Trump defeating Haley in Salem (approximately) 68% to 32%.
His dimwitted comments are indicative of the arrogance many voters have come to loathe among GOP politicians and why the opinions of a senator from Kentucky aligned more with the voters of New Hampshire. And when it comes to caring what Rand Paul thinks, the results suggest that people in New Hampshire care more about what Paul has to say than what their governor does.