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Fenton says he wants to bring 'leave me alone' politics to Washington

US Senate candidate finances campaign with cryptocurrency fortune

Fenton says he wants to bring 'leave me alone' politics to Washington

US Senate candidate finances campaign with cryptocurrency fortune

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE BRUCE FENTON. BRUCE FENTON IS THE WILD CARD IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR U.S.. HE’S BEEN A PIONEER IN THE FINANCE WORLD, A CRYPTOCURRENCY, AND NOW HE WANTS TO TAKE WHAT HE CALLS HIS LEAVE ME ALONE POLITICS TO WASHINGTON. WHAT’S THE CASE THAT MAKE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS TO SAY, FIRE HER AND HIRE ME? WELL, SHE’S A COMPLETE DISASTER. THIS LAST BILL THAT SHE JUST VOTED ON IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. $739 BILLION. THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT. FOR THAT MUCH MONEY. YOU COULD YOU COULD COVER. MY TAX PLAN, WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD CUT INCOME TAX AND BUSINESS TAX AND INVESTMENT 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. HE WENT THROUGH THIS EVOLUTION. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED TWEETS THAT YOU HAD EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC WHERE YOU WERE VERY ESSENTIALLY BEGGING GOVERNOR SUNUNU TO HELP, QUOTE, FLATTEN THE CURVE. WHAT TO YOU? YEAH, I’M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. I GOT FOOLED EARLY IN MARCH. I FOLLOW TRENDS SO WAS PRETTY MUCH AHEAD OF THEM IN EARLY AS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA AND I GOT REALLY SCARED, SAW THESE PICTURES OF PEOPLE DROPPING DEAD IN WUHAN IN INDIA. AND I SAID, OH BOY, I HAVE KIDS WITH MEDICAL ISSUES. I WAS WORRIED. SO I WENT INTO PREP MODE AND I AND I WAS VERY, VERY WORRIED AND I WAS CALLING FOR FEAR AND HYSTERIA, WHICH A MISTAKE. AND I WAS WRONG FOR THAT. WELL, HE’S RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN FENTON’S PRINCIPLES ARE STRONGLY LIBERTARIAN. HE TO DRAMATICALLY CUT TAXES AND THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. BUT HE’S ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION AT THE LEVEL. WOULD YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF A FEDERAL ABORTION BAN? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WANT ANY FEDERAL LAWS AT ALL GOVERNING ABORTION. I WANT LESS FEDER
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Fenton says he wants to bring 'leave me alone' politics to Washington

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."

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.

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"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."