Does he live in the district? Is his heart.......and more importantly, the rest of him.......STILL a full and proper legal resident, not just on paper, for the next Congressional run?
Or should he more properly be running in New Hampshire? After all, what kind of a family man doesn't live with his family, except for military service? Sure doesn't sound like family values to me!
Did you see this April 1st press release entitled Granite State Progress Launches ‘Chip for New Hampshire’ Campaign
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Sunday, April 01, 2012
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Zandra Rice Hawkins, (603) 892-2150
Granite State Progress Launches ‘Chip for New Hampshire’ Campaign
Cravaack’s record of standing with corporate special interests a perfect fit
CONCORD, NH — The “Chip for New Hampshire” movement has begun.
Today, Granite State Progress announced the launch of “Chip for New Hampshire,” a campaign encouraging Chip Cravaack to run for Congress in his new home state — New Hampshire!
“Today, the ‘Chip for New Hampshire’ movement has begun,” said Zandra Rice Hawkins, Director of Granite State Progress. “This campaign gives Rep. Cravaack the opportunity to live up to his word. By running in New Hampshire Cravaack avoids the uncomfortable quandary of running as an absentee Congressman after winning his 2010 election hurling charges of absenteeism.”
Only six months after taking office as Minnesota’s Congressman from the 8th Congressional District, Cravaack left Minnesota and moved his family to beautiful Windham, New Hampshire. Cravaack admitted the move only allows him time to spend one day a week in the district he currently represents in Minnesota. Opponents criticized the move as hypocritical, noting that Cravaack campaigned against his opponent’s out-of-state residency in 2010.
Cravaack currently lives in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District.
“If Congressman Cravaack ran in New Hampshire, he could spend more time with his family and not have to release those pesky records Minnesotans are demanding to find out how much time he is actually spending in Minnesota’s 8th District ,” Rice Hawkins said. “The only challenge for Cravaack here in New Hampshire might be convincing his New Hampshire constituents that, despite his record in Minnesota, he sides with working families, not corporate special interests.”
Cravaack’s record of putting corporate special interests ahead of Northeastern Minnesota families includes:
Voting, to deny seniors health care and make college less affordable instead of focusing on job creation and getting Minnesota back on track
Voting for the radical House Republican budget (also known as the ‘Ryan Budget),’ which would have given away more than $2.9 trillion in tax breaks for the richest Americans and big corporations while slashing tens of thousands of jobs in Minnesota.
Turning his back on Minnesota’s students by voting to cut $64 billion over the next decade from the federal Pell Grant program, which provides financial aid to college students.
Voting to end Medicare as we know it instead of standing up for the seniors in Cravaack’s district.
“While the ‘Cravaack for New Hampshire’ campaign may be an April Fools joke, Chip Cravaack’s choice to defend corporate special interests at the expense of students, seniors, and middle class families in Northeastern Minnesota is no laughing matter,” Rice Hawkins concluded. “Cravaack needs to focus on real working family issues, and he needs to do it by living in the community he purports to represent.”
No, I hadn't seen that - thanks! The video title is chipcrit part 1 --- I'm wondering when we're going to see part 2, and if what you found will be included?
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