Brown Hits Sununu for Skipping the GOP Senate Forum One Day After a Voter Mistook Sununu for his Brother

Brown Hits Sununu for Skipping the GOP Senate Forum One Day After a Voter Mistook Sununu for his Brother

U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu skipped the latest Republican Senate primary forum in his hometown of Salem against his opponent Scott Brown, just one day after a voter called in to a radio show mistakenly thinking John’s brother Chris Sununu was the one running. 

As Sununu avoids the debate stage and relies on his Trump endorsement and the Sununu family name to carry him through the September 8 primary, Brown is calling Sununu out for voting in-line with corporate special interests then cashing in on his D.C. connections, growing his net worth from $850,000 to as much as $36 million, and working for the very same banks he bailed out. 

Watch more from the forum below: 

• BROWN: I’m sorry that I’m the only one here. I often debate myself when I’m getting up out of bed and wondering what I’m going to do for the rest of the day. But today, I don’t have the opportunity to debate John [Sununu] and it’s typical. We had one debate and he didn’t do well, and now I’m here debating by myself. And it’s sad.
   
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• BROWN: Meanwhile, when John [Sununu] lost to Jeanne [Shaheen], got crushed — I lost by 16,000 votes, barely lost, 1.6 percent — he went and stayed in D.C. and he worked for, you know, the World Economic Forum, the big banks, you know, that he bailed out. He worked for them and made millions and millions of dollars, as Chris referenced. Left Congress at $850,000, he’s worth $36 million. And listen, I don’t begrudge people making a living, but I think it’s a problem when you’re doing work in Washington, D.C. that you go and work for the very same people you bailed out.
   
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• BROWN: The other people on that ballot didn’t show up and give you the honor and courtesy to do that, and I hope they take that into consideration. So, thank you. 

Listen to the radio caller mistake John Sununu for his brother Chris while live on-air below:

• CALLER: Senator, how are you?
   
• BROWN: I think I'm pretty well. Working hard, 20 days left.
   
• CALLER: Well, I can tell. I've been seeing your signs everywhere. But look, Senator, I've, I live in Manchester, and I'm very undecided between you and Chris. You know, I thought Chris was a great governor.
   
• DAN REA: Not Chris! Wait, let’s get that straight. It’s not Chris Sununu, it’s John Sununu. And not the Governor, it’s the former Senator. Go ahead, Jake.
   
• CALLER: Oh, well uh…
   
• BROWN: That happens all the time. That happens all the time.
   
• CALLER: …news to me. But I’ve got to ask, what would be the biggest difference between you and I guess, the other Sununu, I guess?
   
• REA: Well yeah, Senator. Former Senator John Sununu, the namesake son of the former Governor, yep.
   
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• BROWN: I mean, John left Congress with $850,000, he's now worth $36 million. You know, worked for the Big Banks, Big Pharma, you know, Big Oil. You know, he was getting stocks and support from all those, took votes on them. And then you know, he's also in the World Economic Forum.
   
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• NEW CALLER: One last thing about him, or one thing about him, and one quick question. I believe he supported that bankruptcy reform bill, which was basically all for the credit card companies, the banks, and everything else. As I recall, that was something that he did support back in '05.
   
• BROWN: Yeah, he was one of the architects on it, and then when he left Congress, he worked for the very same banks that he bailed out.