New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu traded barbs with NBC
News�s Chuck Todd over what voters should prioritize this election
cycle.

Appearing on NBC�s �Meet the Press� Sunday, Sununu was asked to explain
his support for U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc, a Republican running
to represent New Hampshire whom Todd labeled an �election denialist.�

Sununu fired back, slamming Todd as out-of-touch for suggesting voters
should emphasize the 2020 election results and so-called �threats to
democracy� over heating their homes this winter or putting food on the
table.

�Why are you supporting an election denialist, and do you think the
inflation issue is enough to sort of rationalize support for somebody
who thinks [that way]?� Todd asked.

�I love you, Chuck, but you are in a bubble if you think anybody is
talking about what happened in 2020 or talking about Mar-a-Lago and all
that,� Sununu replied. �I know the press loves to talk about it, but
people are talking about what is happening in their pocketbooks every
single day, when they have to buy groceries, or fill up gas.�

�Look I get that Governor,� Todd cut in. �Should they be?�

�Should they be?� Sununu shot back, visibly taken aback. �Of course! Oh
my gosh, Chuck, this is hitting people, they�re having trouble paying
their mortgage, they�re having trouble making car payments because of
bad policies out of Washington. Should they be?�

�The beauty of the American system is that every voter has the right,
and almost the responsibility, to be selfish with their vote, to vote
for what is best for themselves and their family,� he continued.
�That�s exactly what�s going to happen in a week�because frankly, folks
that think the average voter is worried about 2020, it�s a serious
issue, of course, but it�s not what people are going to be voting on in
the next week.�

Pressed on the question again, Sununu stressed that �threats to
democracy� are important issues that need to be addressed, but voters
should absolutely be concerned with more pressing local issues and the
economy.

�It�s 35 degrees out [in New England],� Sununu said. �Folks are filling
up their 270-gallon [home heating oil] tanks, and it�s costing them
($1200-$1300). Kerosene is limited because there�s no incentive to
create more natural gas or more fuel for this country, and that should
be our priority: keeping people warm this winter.�

Even in NBC News�s own polling, Americans were more likely to say that
economic issues and inflation were the country�s most pressing
concerns. According to an NBC News poll conducted earlier this month, a
combined choice of 35% of Americans considered �jobs and the economy�
as one of the most important issues; another 29% said it was the �cost
of living.� Just 30% considered �threats to democracy� a pressing
issue.

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Let's go Brandon!