NH Democratic Party’s African American Caucus Condemns Baldasaro’s Tweet
By News release | October 27, 2019
Rep. Al Baldasaro, R-Londonderry
In response to the now-deleted tweet from New Hampshire State Representative and Co-Chair of Trump’s New Hampshire campaign Al Baldasaro, the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s African American Caucus released the following statement: “We in the first in the nation primary state find these tweets unacceptable. This is not who we are.” “We hope everyone joins us in the condemnation of this tweet.”
Tweet from Rep. Al Baldasaro and response from Ray Buckley, chairman of the NH Democratic Party.
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