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Trump wows his supporters in New Hampshire

Doors opened at Pro Star Aviation in Londonderry, New Hampshire, at 3 p.m. The Trump rally is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
Credit: Gabrielle Mannino
Credit: Gabrielle Mannino

LONDONDERRY, N.H. — People are arriving at Pro Star Aviation in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Friday afternoon, gearing up to hear President Donald Trump speak at a Trump rally. 

The new hangar location is just across the Manchester town line near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, where the rally was originally planned for at the PeriCohas Hangar. 

Doors opened at 3 p.m., and the event is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health has leased the PeriCohas hangar at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport since 2009. The hangar houses its DHART air ambulance. 

Rick Adams, a spokesperson for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, tells NEWS CENTER Maine over the past several days the hospital and the Trump campaign have had conversations about temporarily moving DHART out of the hangar to accommodate the president's event. 

Adams said they were willing to move the helicopter temporarily for the event if the campaign covered the cost.

"As a not-for-profit organization, D-H is prohibited from making any in-kind contributions to political campaigns, and so we would have had to have been reimbursed for the costs of the relocation," Adams explained.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Adams said they were notified of the change to an adjacent hangar, and there was no impact to DHART's operations at the airport. 

While there is no statewide mask mandate in New Hampshire, on Aug. 11 Gov. Chris Sununu signed an Executive Order requiring face coverings for certain scheduled gatherings of 100 or more individuals. In accordance with this order, the Trump campaign says masks will be required at the event, which they will provide to all attendees. 

Trump was set to hold a rally in Portsmouth, N.H. earlier this summer, but postponed the event “for safety reasons” amid Tropical Storm Fay. The campaign had said the rally would be rescheduled.

Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on President Trump’s Visit to New Hampshire

"Today, Donald Trump is bringing his message of division, lies, and chaos to New Hampshire, while Granite Staters suffer because of the president’s failure to lead when our nation needed it most. Trump’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in 430 New Hampshire lives lost, hundreds of shuttered small businesses, and thousands of people out of work across the Granite State. To make matters worse, this president is trying to rip away critical lifelines that Granite Staters need more than ever – access to quality health care through the Affordable Care Act, essential preventive care services from providers like Planned Parenthood, and Social Security benefits that hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire seniors rely on.

Granite State families deserve a president who will heal and unite our nation, and make sure New Hampshire communities recover from this crisis stronger than they were before. As President, I will restore the decency and leadership to the White House that has been eroded under the current administration and provide all Granite Staters the dignity and respect that they deserve."

Republicans from across New Hampshire announced their support for Joe Biden for President of the United States on Friday. Leaders joined former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey, who endorsed Biden during the Democratic primary.

The endorsers include:

  • Former U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey
  • Former President of Manchester NAACP Woullard Lett
  • Former Reagan Administration official and Republican campaign operative Claira Monier
  • Former Chairman of Senator John McCain’s New Hampshire campaign Peter Spaulding
  • Chairman of the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association and former Executive Councilor Bill Cahill
  • Principal at Curbstone Financial Management of Manchester and Co-Founder of the Impact New Hampshire Fund Pamela Diamantis
  • Former President and Paul Harris Fellow of the Bow Rotary Club Ken Moulton

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