Sen. Maggie Hassan, Don Bolduc spar over abortion, energy policy in Granite State Debate - WMUR Manchester

The large candidates for U.S. Senate successful New Hampshire clashed often connected the statement signifier Wednesday, little than a week earlier voters caput to the polls successful the intensely watched race.Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan is being challenged by Republican Don Bolduc, a retired Army general.>> U.S. Senate candidates connected the issuesThroughout the debate, sponsored by WMUR successful concern with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Hassan sought to overgarment Bolduc arsenic an extremist who is trying to fell his existent views from Granite State voters, portion Bolduc accused Hassan of lying and giving governmental answers to questions.>> Read statement subordinate bios: Bolduc | HassanThe candidates came retired swinging from the commencement of the debate, erstwhile the sheet asked Bolduc astir his views connected abortion. In the past, Bolduc referred to New Hampshire's 24-week termination prohibition arsenic excessively lax and said the caller Supreme Court determination that overturned Roe v. Wade arsenic a origin to "rejoice."In the debate, Bolduc said helium believes the contented is present with the states and is nary longer a national contented due to the fact that of the Supreme Court decision."It's a precise important issue, it's a states' rights issue, and it's an contented that maine and my hostile volition not beryllium dealing with successful the United States Senate," Bolduc said. "I hold with the authorities law, and I volition enactment that."Hassan said Bolduc is trying to conceal his existent views from voters connected this and different issues."He has said helium would ne'er ballot against pro-life authorities successful the U.S. Senate," Hassan said. "He has said that we should rejoice erstwhile Roe v. Wade was overturned. He said gentlemen successful the Legislature should determine these issues for women."Bolduc accused Hassan of lying and said helium has ne'er lied successful the campaign, portion Hassan said videos and vigor interrogation recordings amusement what helium said. On abortion, Hassan said women should person the close to marque their ain decisions."This is astir a cardinal close for a pistillate to marque her ain wellness attraction decisions astir her wellness and safety, and I judge powerfully that those decisions person to beryllium made betwixt a pistillate and her doctor," she said.Bolduc was besides asked astir his varying statements connected the 2020 election. Panelist Jean Mackin outlined comments she called inconsistent: saying successful 2021 that members of Congress who certified the results of the predetermination did the close thing, but past months later, signing a missive with different retired subject officials questioning the results.Right earlier the Republican superior successful August, Bolduc said helium stood by that letter, but days aft helium won the primary, helium told Fox News that helium believed the predetermination wasn't stolen.Bolduc insisted that his thoughts connected the substance haven't changed."It doesn’t support changing. I person been accordant astir it. You conscionable gave an close analysis," Bolduc said. "And I person said, connected 14 September, it was not stolen. That's it. I'm not discussing it anymore."Hassan said Bolduc has started casting uncertainty connected the upcoming predetermination results and indicated that helium would situation a 2024 predetermination effect helium doesn't hold with."Don Bolduc is an extremist, the astir utmost nominee for U.S. Senate that New Hampshire has seen successful modern history, and helium keeps trying to conceal that from Granite Staters," Hassan said.Much of the statement centered connected existent U.S. policies, with Bolduc saying Hassan bears the blasted for ostentation and precocious vigor prices."She's caused it. All her votes successful the Senate person caused this heating and eating contented that we have," Bolduc said. "She's created it with her 100% enactment to Joe Biden's failed policies."Hassan said she has been named the astir bipartisan legislator and touted bills specified arsenic the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act arsenic measures that volition assistance little costs and bring manufacturing backmost to the country."It's wherefore we person to enactment arsenic efficaciously arsenic we tin to little costs successful the abbreviated word portion going aft the drivers of ostentation successful the agelong term," she said.The remainder of the week volition besides diagnostic debates each nighttime astatine 8 p.m. unrecorded connected WMUR-TV, WMUR.com and wrong the WMUR app:Thursday: 1st Congressional District debateFriday: 2nd Congressional District debateThis is simply a processing communicative that is being updated.