Key issues • New Hampshire

GOP U.S. Senate candidate tells Sen. Maggie Hassan to ‘Get over’ abortion rights

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Don Bolduc blasted his general election opponent, Sen. Maggie Hassan, during an interview on WMUR’s “CloseUp” program Sunday…. During the interview, the retired brigadier general railed Hassan for her focus on the right to an abortion, which was taken away with the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling earlier this year, instead of the economy and inflation rates. “Well, guess what? Your views are not consistent with the average Granite Stater, number one. Number two, get over it. This is about the economy, fiscal responsibility and the safety and security of this nation, which you cannot defend,” Bolduc said.

Yet, in a recent poll from the St. Anselm College Survey Center of nearly 2,000 registered voters in New Hampshire, 71% identified as pro-choice,

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