New Hampshire lawmaker switches parties, joining Democrats because of GOP views on vaccines and mask
Source: Washington Post
A New Hampshire state representative “reluctantly” switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic on Tuesday, citing state Republicans’ opposition to masks and coronavirus vaccines.
Rep. William Marsh said party extremists are edging out moderates like him, and that he had planned quietly to retire but felt his hand was forced by what he called Republicans’ refusal to take reasonable health precautions.
“Politics, I'm afraid, is a team sport,” he told The Washington Post. “You’ve got to work with other people, and if nobody's interested in what you have to say, you might as well go home.”
Marsh’s announcement comes as the nation faces a new surge of coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant. Daily numbers are rising across the country, including in the Granite State, where infections have increased 16 percent from last week and deaths are up 36 percent.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/15/new-hampshire-republican-democrat-covid/
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