{"id":377,"date":"2022-08-29T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesylvia.org\/?p=377"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:26:49","slug":"what-is-a-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikesylvia.org\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"What is a Republican?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got a good chuckle reading about my becoming a RINO (Republican In Name Only) after I escaped one of the worst Democrat strongholds in the country, New York.\u00a0 Good riddance to bad trash. As I arrived in New Hampshire in 2010, I stopped at the border to breathe in the freedom in the air. As a new refugee I looked for ways to assimilate to the local culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after arriving a political storm was brewing; Ward Bird<\/a> had become a victim of a lunatic leftists’ trespass on his property.  I, armed with freedom and a bit of new hardware, joined the fight to get Ward out of his cage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t have any plans to become a political office holder, in fact I hadn’t even registered to vote. Then in June 2012 providence came knocking. Having recently moved to Belmont, Republicans were searching for two people to run for state representative. I long resisted the arm twisting but finally joined Chuck Fink to run a write-in campaign in the primary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These days words are difficult to trust, so please consider my deeds. In my first term in the House, I was introduced to the House Republican Alliance<\/a> (HRA).  This group is dedicated to evaluating all bills in the light of the Republican party platform and our constitutions.  Looking back at that first term, I see my HRA scores were 97.7 and 97.9 (http:\/\/nhhra.org\/hra\/publications\/scorecard-archive\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it possible that the HRA was under the influence of RINOs?  You might recognize a couple of the Tri-chairs of 2013-2014; Al Baldasaro, Carol McGuire, and Pam Tucker.  I dare you to call Al a RINO to his face.  The Honorable Pam Tucker now serves as vice-chair of the NH Republican party.  I have been one of the Tri-chairs of HRA for these past 4 years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps we need to go back and consider the source, those who would like to place a label upon me. The guy who voted against parental rights (HB1431): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t be fooled, Skip Murphy of GraniteGrok<\/a> has definitely not endorsed<\/strong> this representative for reelection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a good chuckle reading about my becoming a RINO (Republican In Name Only) after I escaped one of the worst Democrat strongholds in the country, New York.\u00a0 Good riddance to bad trash. As I arrived in New Hampshire in 2010, I stopped at the border to breathe in the freedom in the air. … <\/p>\n

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