>> FOR A DECADE CAROL
SHEA-PORTER HAS CAST A LONG
SHADOW.
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF
CANDIDATES YOU TO PICK UP WHERE
SHE LEFT OFF.
ONE OF THOSE ENTERING THE
PRIMARY FREIGHT, LINCOLN SO
DONNIE A -- THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
YOU WERE THE STRATFORD COUNTY
ATTORNEY FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
A LONG AND EXTENSIVE RESUME.
WHAT DOES ONE LEARN ABOUT BEING
THE MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN?
>> THAT WAS THE MOST FUN I EVER
HAD.
THE BEST THING ABOUT IT WAS IT
ALLOWED ME TO EXPAND MY CONTACTS
WITH MY COMMUNITY.
I MET PEOPLE AS MAYOR PROBABLY
WOULDN'T OTHERWISE.
THE THING I LEARNED ABOUT BEING
IN THAT POSITION IS TO SHOW UP.
THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE.
ANYTHING FROM BREAKFAST WITH
FROSTY, FRESHMAN HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL GAMES, THAT ARE 3:00
IN THE AFTERNOON.
THEY WOULD BE THRILLED YOU
SHOWED UP.
IT IS A WEAK FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD A CITY MANAGER AND SO
FORTH.
BUT IT MEANT THE WORD -- WORLD
TO THE COMMUNITY.
A JOB I JUST LOVED.
I WAS SAD I CANNOT CONTINUE.
>> THIS IS A RELIABLY DEMOCRATIC
CITY.
YET WE SAW DONALD TRUMP WHEN ONE
OF THE WARDS THERE.
BOB DOLE COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT
IN 1996.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP THAT CONVINCED THE
VOTERS?
>> I AM NOT SURE I CAN SPEAK TO
THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I WAS PROUD A DEMOCRAT WON NEW
HAMPSHIRE, ONE IN THE COMMUNITY
I WAS LIVING AT AT THE TIME.
CERTAINLY I WAS PROUD SHE
CARRIED THE CITY IN SOMERSWORTH.
I WAS PROUD WITH WHAT TO
ENTRANCE DID IN THAT ELECTION.
I WILL LEAVE THE ANALYSIS TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
ADAM: DON'T DEMOCRATS NEED TO
EXAMINE THAT.
YOU HAVE ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STRONGHOLDS, BUT A WARD ONE FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
>> I THINK WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED
TO DO IS EXPRESS THEIR VALUES
AND STAND UP FOR WHAT DEMOCRATS
BELIEVE IN.
THE VALUES WE HAVE ALWAYS
BELIEVED IN.
WE ARE THE PARTY OF THE WORKING
CLASS.
WE ARE THE PARTY OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
WE BELIEVE IN HEALTH CARE, A
RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE.
IF WE STICK TO OUR CORE VALUES
WE WILL DO WELL.
ADAM: IN YOUR STUMP SPEECH YOU
SAID THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED
STATES IS DESTROYING AMERICA.
ARE YOU SOMEONE WALKING IN THE
HALLS OF CONGRESS DAY ONE READY
TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE?
>> I DON'T THINK ON DAY ONE.
THERE IS A PROCESS ONE HAS TO GO
THROUGH.
WE WILL SEE IF THAT PROCESS
BEGINS.
IF THERE IS A PROCESS I BELIEVE
I HAVE THE SKILLS AND BACKGROUND
THAT WILL MAKE THAT PROCESS ONE
IN WHICH WE CAN GET TO THE
FACTS, THAT WE CAN ANALYZE IT
PROPERLY AND DO WHAT IS BEST FOR
THE COUNTRY.
ADAM: CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF
YOUR BIG ISSUES.
HOW DO WE APPROACH THIS POLICY
PROBLEM WITHOUT CAUSING UNDUE
BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS?
>> THAT IS A FALSE NARRATIVE TO
SUGGEST ADDRESSING GLOBAL
WARMING SOMEHOW IS DAMAGING TO
THE ECONOMY.
THE FACT IS THE JOBS OF THE
FUTURE AND THE JOBS NOW THAT ARE
FOUND IN RENEWABLE INDUSTRIES,
THAT IS WHERE THE EXPANSION OF
JOBS IS GOING TO COME FROM.
IT IS NOT GOING TO COME FROM
STRIPMINING A COLD MOUNTAIN IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT IS GOING TO COME FROM
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THAT IS THE FUTURE.
IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A
FUTURE THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK
BACK AND SAY WE DID EVERYTHING
WE COULD TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A
FUTURE WORTH LIVING, A PLANET
WORTH LIVING ON, A PLANET YOU
CAN LIVE ON, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
THIS NOW.
IT IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE IN
TERMS OF A FIX THAT WE ARE GOING
TO SOLVE EVERYTHING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING
TO LIVE WITH US FOR GENERATIONS.
THOSE GENERATIONS ARE MY
GENERATION -- MY CHILDREN'S
GENERATIONS.
I HAVE LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM.
UNLESS WE FACE THIS AN EXCEPT
THE FACT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
WILL AFFECT OUR PLANET FOR THE
ENTIRE FUTURE, WE ARE MISSING
SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL.
ADAM: DO YOU THINK AL FRANKEN
WAS UNFAIRLY PUSHED OUT OF THE
SENATE?
>> L FRANKEN WAS CAUGHT UP IN A
CERTAIN MOMENT IN TIME, THE
WHOLE ISSUE OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
I SPENT HALF MY LIFE WORKING TO
IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR
THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED.
WE TRANSFORMED.
WE REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY SEXUAL
ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS ARE DONE.
WE NOT ONLY DID IT FOR STRATFORD
COUNTY.
BUT A LOT HAS BECOME A STATEWIDE
STANDARD.
IT IS SOMETHING I SPENT HALF MY
LIFE WORKING TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THIS
ISSUE NEEDS TO BE -- WE NEED TO
BELIEVE VICTIMS AND EXCEPT THAT.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE OUT FRANKEN --
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE
WAY IT WAS DONE, BUT WE NEED TO
LOOK FORWARD.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
THERE IS A LOT CONGRESS NEEDS TO
ADDRESS.
THE SYSTEM OF HOW SEXUAL ASSAULT
BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GETS
REPORTED IN DOUBT WITH IS AN
ABOMINATION.
THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING IS
SECRET, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
PAYOFFS, THAT CANNOT BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE.
ADAM: YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN
OVER SOME TABLES ON THIS?
>> I WOULD BE.
I THINK SO.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK UP FOR
ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
VOTERS.
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IDEA OF PARTY OVER COUNTRY,
WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.
THERE WAS A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY
WHERE IT WAS COUNTRY FIRST.
I THINK THAT IS A VALUE WE NEED
TO GET BACK TO.
I BELIEVE IN THE VALUES OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THOSE ARE THE VALUES I WILL BE
ESPOUSING, THE I THINK ARE IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE FIRST DISTRICT, AND THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN DOING SO I STILL THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT YOUR ROLE IS NOT TO GO
THERE AND BE PARTISAN.
IT IS TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, A
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COUNTRY.
NOT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
PARTY.
I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS
TRAGIC.
THERE USED TO BE PEOPLE LIKE
EVERETT DIRKSEN, HE WAS A
REPUBLICAN.
HE WAS REVERED BY EVERYONE IN
BOTH PARTIES.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN
THERE ARE STATESMEN WHO HAVE
RISEN ABOVE PARTISANSHIP IN
WASHINGTON, PEOPLE WE CAN ALL BE
PROUD OF REGARDLESS OF
AFFILIATION OF PARTY.
THAT IS THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO
IN THE LATE.
-- EMULATE.
ADAM: THANK YOU.