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COGOUNODTR MY ORHANIS NGSE ARIMEOURISCA P ROBLEMS
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
I WANT TO SOLVE THOSE.
I BELIEV MY BUSINESS BACKGROUND
WILL ME TO SOLVE THOSE.
AS AN INDEPENDENT, I CAN TAKE MY
JOSH:
RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT?
MR. O'CONNOR: THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY NEEDS TO BE DEMOCRATIC.
I FELT THAT PROCESS WAS NOT
PLAYING OUT.
CAROL SHEA-PORTER REPEATEDLY
REFUSED TO DEBATE ME.
IF WE WE NOT BORN A HAVE
DEBATES, I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT
PROCESS.
AND I WAS NOT INVITED THIS BE AT
THE STATE CONVENTION, WHICH ALL
SO I
DECIDED TO TAKE MY MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE.
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE DECIDED THIS WAS THE BEST WAY
TO GO.
JOSH: I KNOW THERE IS A LAWSUIT
PENDING, AND HOW MUCH DO YOU
FEEL THAT YOU WERE BEING BOXED
OUT BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HAD
ALREADY CHOSEN THEIR NOMINEE?
ENDORSE BERNIE SANDERS.
DONALD TRUMP IS THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED.
I WILL LEAVE
THE --
I FEEL THE PARTY WAS PICKING
FAVORITES.
PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CARE
ABOUT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING
TO SOLVE THE BREAD-AND-BUTTER
DINNER TABLE.
RELIEF THROUGH BETTER STUDENT
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO WILL SOLVE
THOSE PROBLEMS.
IN THE MAJORITY.
IF IT IS REPUBLICANS, I WILL
CAUCUS WITH REPUBLICANS.
IF DEMOCRATS, I WILL CAUCUS WITH
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS BEST FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THAT WILL GET ME THE BEST
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND THE
PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
PEOPLE.
MESSAGING OR PHILOSOPHY DOES
THIS HAVE YOU ON WITHOUT BEING
FORM?
TO
TALK MORE ABOUT MY BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE.
I BUILT A COMPANY FROM MY CHIN
TABLE WITH $5,000 IN SAVINGS
INTO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
TH WORLD AND HELPS THEM AFFORD
COLLEGE.
ON MY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
I RECEIVED WERE -- I RECEIVED
COMMUNITY.
YOU WILL SEE IN MY FCC FILINGS
-- S FILINGS, I HAVE SUPPORT
INDEPENDENTS ALIKE.
THE PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE THE
CANDIDATE WHO WILL BEST SERVE
POLITICS.
IN THIS CYCLE, PEOPLE ARE TIRED
THEY WANT SOLUTIONS.
JOSH: HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE
SEEING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND
THIS APPETITE FOR ANYTHING BUT
DECISION-MAKING?
WHEN DID YOU THINK DROPPING THE
FROM MY NAME WAS A GOOD IDEA?
PARTY INSIDER.
I WAS A DEMOCRAT JUST BECAUSE I
AGREED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, LIKE
MUCH RESOLVED.
ARE COMPLETELY RESOLVED
SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I STARTED
MULLING OVER THIS IDEA.
AS I STARTED SEEING HOW THINGS
REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FAIR
PRIMARY WORK, I REALIZED BEING
I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT
INDEPENDENT SENATOR FROM VERMONT
I WAS PROUD TO ENDORSE.
OF THIS.
I THINK IT IS TIME FOR NEW
ELECT ITS FIRST INDEPENDENT.
JOSH:
SANDERS IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, HOW WILL YOU WIN THIS?
CORE SUPPORT.
YOU ARE T FIRST TO ANNOUNCE IN
INDEPENDENT.
MR. O'CONNOR THIS WAS EMBRACED
I HAVE NOT LOST A SINGLE
ENDORSEMENT DID I ONLY HAD
SIDE.
JOSH: HAVE --
MR. O'CONNOR: I TOLD ALL OF THE
ADVANCE OF THIS.
I DID NOT LOSE
ENDORSEMENT.
I TALKED TO THOSE WHO
CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY, THOSE
VOLUNTEERING.
SUPPORTERS BEFORE I STARTED TO
MAKE THIS DECISION TO FILE.
THEY W
ERE ALL BEHIND THIS IDEA
AND BELIEVED AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THEY THINK I AM THE BEST
PERSON TO SOLVE THE GRAVE
PROBLEMS WE FACE.
IN THAT.
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
JOSH THERE WILL BE SOME IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT WILL FEEL
CERTAIN DEGREE.
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE YOUR WAY
CANDIDATES?
WIDE OPEN SPACE.
WHOEVER THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
IS, WHO KNOWS, BOT
CONSERVATIVE SOCIALLY.
SOCIALLY.
CHOOSE.
WOMAN'S HEALTH CARE.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
THERE WILL HE A LOT OF ROOM.
I SUPPORT COMMON SENSE GUN
SAFETY MEASURES.
THESE WILL GET SUPPORT WITH
MODERATE REPUBLICANS.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE 40% OF
THE DISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
DEMOCRATS WHO THINK CAROL SERVED
WITH DECISION, BUT IT IS TIME
FOR A NEW VOICE.
SUPPORT AS WELL.
JOSH: WHICH AREAS WOULD YOU
BRING OVER MODER
ATE REPUBLICANS?
IS IT YOUR FISCAL KNOWLEDGE?
OBVIOUSLY, FISCAL CONSERVATIVE
AN -- CONSERVATISM IS BIG IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
VOTERS?
MR. O'CONNOR
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD
TAX CREDITS IN MY MINIMUM WAGE
PLAN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AS A FORMER SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER, I KNOW THAT WHILE RAISING
THE MINIMU WAGE IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO AND WILL LONG-TERM
AFFE
CT BUSINESSES HERE.
SPEAK ABOUT FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
CONSERVATIVE.
I DO NOT WANT TO PRIVATIZE
SOCIAL
SECURITY OR MEDICARE.
THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
JOSH: BUT ARE YOU ALSO NOT
SOCIAL SECURITY?
MR. O'CONNOR WE NEED A BETTER
SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
AR
LET'S GET THEM INTO THE JOBS
TH DESERVE YOU A LOT OF THEM
ARE UNDEREMPLOYED -- UNEMPLOYED.
THEN LET'S HAVE MORE LEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
THE MY BUSINESS, I WOULD SEE
TONS OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
START BUSINESS HERE BUT COULD
GET THE VISA TO STAY.
TO SOCIAL SECURITY.
IF WE NEED TO, I SUPPORT RAISING
THE T CAP, BECAUSE I THINK THE
I WANT TO MAKE S
URE THAT THE
QUOTA WE INCREASE SOCIAL
SECURITY ON INCLUDES THE THINGS
THAT SENIORS BY.
OF FOO
GASOLINE.
JOSH: TIME IS FLYING AND WE WANT
THINGS.
GOVERNOR MAGGIE HASSAN AT ONE
POINT CALLED FOR A PAUSE WHEN IT
YRIAN
REFUGEES INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
GOVERNOR'S RACE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE IN PLACE TO BRING REFUGEES
FROM WAR-TORN AREAS?
MR. O'CONNOR: I AM SOLD.
TO GET IN AS A SYRIAN REFUGEE,
TWO YEARS
INTERVIEWS.
I THINK IT IS OK TO ALLOW SYRIAN
CAREFUL.
I WORKED FOR A MODERATE
REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS RIGHT
AFTER COLLEGE
IN 1999 AND THE
EARLY 2000S.
HE ALSO CARED A LOT ABOUT
NATIONAL SECURITY.
EXPERTISE AS WELL.
THAT IS WHAT MY BACKGROUND WAS
IN.
GO.
CLINTON.
OF THE PARTY.
SUPERDELEGATES AND THE PROCESS.
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE IDEA
THAT HILLARY CLINTON IS A FLAWED
CANDIDATE?
MR. O'CONNOR
I WILL NOT ENDORSE
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
I HAVE MY OWN RACE TO FOCUS ON.
I SUPPORTED BERN SANDERS -- I
DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM ON EVERY
POLICY POINT, BUT I THOUGHT HE
WAS REALLY COMMUNICATING TO
PEOPLE ABO AND NEED FOR CHANGE
IN THE
CANDIDACY REPRESENTS.
DONALD TRUMP I HAVE REAL
CONCERNS ABOUT.
OUT ABOUT THOSE.
--
BUT I INTEND TO MAKE NO
RACE.
LOCAL CONGRESSPERSON.