Scott Brown Continues Tour For U.S. Senate Bid

Details

Published on Monday, 21 April 2014 16:27

Written by Tyler Dumont

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Republican Scott Brown has officially started touring the Granite State, but this time as a U.S. Senate hopeful - and New Hampshire resident.

The former Massachusetts senator officially announced his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on April 10.

The announcement comes just months after Brown moved to New Hampshire. 

Speaking in front of supporters at the Sheraton Hotel in Portsmouth, Brown downplayed Shaheen's dedication to the people of New Hampshire, saying she was "out of touch" with voters.

“As you know, I worked with Senator Shaheen in the U.S. Senate for three years," Brown said. "She is a nice person, but wrong on the issues facing the people of New Hampshire. She made that clear when she cast the deciding vote that forced Obamacare on this state and our country. A lot of people aren’t aware of that vote to pass Obamacare. But it’s important to know if we are ever going to get past Obamacare and get America moving in the right direction."

"I am running to be a true independent voice for New Hampshire," Brown continued. "I am running to hold Senator Shaheen accountable. And I will need your strength, help and votes to succeed."

Brown has started marching forward in his campaign stating that the President's health care bill is destroying opportunity. In Manchester last week, Brown toured Central Paper Products where he says he  heard grave concerns on the subject.

“Obamacare’s uncertainty is preventing local companies like Central Paper from reaching their full potential, creating jobs and keeping the economy growing,” said Brown.  “When their costs go up, so does the cost for their customers—it’s a chain reaction that negatively impacts too many people.  This law never should have been rammed through, and it wouldn’t have been the law of the land without Senator Shaheen’s tie-breaking vote.”

Shaheen and her supporters have stood by their positions and support of the President.

As Brown announced his candidacy, Shaheen supporters stood outside protesting his run.

"He's a tourist. I mean he was here when he was a year and a half old and he thinks it qualifies him as a U.S. Senator? I think not. He's insulting the voters of the state of New Hampshire if he thinks that," said John Joyal, who identified himself as chairman of the Somersworth, NH Democrats.

Joyal held a large American flag in one hand accompanied by a New Hampshire flag in the other, stating he was there to show the former Mass. resident "what it looked like."

"I want to vote for somebody who has spent most of their life here. Not somebody who just moved into their vacation home," Joyal said.

Follow Tyler Dumont on Twitter @VCCJ_Tyler