Fenton says he wants to bring 'leave me alone' politics to Washington
US Senate candidate finances campaign with cryptocurrency fortune
US Senate candidate finances campaign with cryptocurrency fortune
US Senate candidate finances campaign with cryptocurrency fortune
A political outsider running for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire who is self-funding his campaign with his cryptocurrency fortune may be the wild card in the Republican race.
Bruce Fenton has been a pioneer in the finance world of cryptocurrency and said he now wants to take what he calls his "leave me alone" politics to Washington and replace Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan.
"She's been a complete disaster," Fenton said. "This last bill she voted on is a perfect example — $739 billion. That's a lot of money. For that much money, you could cover my tax plan, which would cut income tax and business tax and investment tax for just about every American, especially middle-class Americans."
Fenton has been an outspoken critic of the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he didn't start out that way. Earlier in the pandemic, Fenton tweeted to Gov. Chris Sununu, urging him to help "flatten the curve."
"I got fooled," Fenton said. "Early on, in March — I follow trends, so I was pretty much ahead as early as January and February — I talked to a lot of people who were doing business in China, and I got really scared. I saw these pictures of people dropping dead in Wuhan and India and I said, 'Oh boy.' I have kids with medical issues. I was worried. So, I went into prep mode, and I was very, very worried, and I was calling for fear and hysteria, which was a mistake, and I was wrong for that."
While he's running as a Republican, Fenton's said his principles are strongly libertarian. He wants to dramatically cut taxes and the size of government. He said he's also not in favor of any restrictions on abortion at the federal level.
"I don't want any federal laws governing abortion," he said. "I want less federal laws governing everything."