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Former President Donald Trump gently nudged the Republican National Committee against enacting a proposal that would enshrine him as the party’s “presumptive nominee” for president.
“While I greatly appreciate the Republican National Committee (RNC) wanting to make me their PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE, and while they have far more votes than necessary to do it, I feel, for the sake of PARTY UNITY, that they should NOT go forward with this plan,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday.
“I should do it the ‘Old Fashioned’ way, and finish the process off AT THE BALLOT BOX. Thank you to the RNC for the Respect and Devotion you have shown me! “
The resolution was furnished by David Bossie, an RNC committeeman from Maryland former Trump 2016 deputy campaign manager, and comes as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continues to jockey with the 45th president for the party nod.
“Resolved, that the Republican National Committee hereby declares President Trump as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of the United States and from this moment forward moves into full general election mode welcoming supporters of all,” the resolution said.
Bossie’s pitch, first reported by The Dispatch and independently confirmed by The Post, cited Trump’s victories in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary and argued that “money spent from this moment forward” would be more wisely used opposing President Biden.
Haley’s campaign was unimpressed with the pre-emptive maneuver.
“Who cares what the RNC says? We’ll let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee, not a bunch of Washington insiders,” said campaign spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas.
“If [RNC Chairwoman] Ronna McDaniel wants to be helpful she can organize a debate in South Carolina, unless she’s also worried that Trump can’t handle being on the stage for 90 minutes with Nikki Haley.”
RNC spokesperson Keith Schipper told The Post that Bossie’s proposal “will be taken up by the Resolutions Committee and they will decide whether to send this resolution to be voted on by the 168 RNC members at our annual meeting next week” in Las Vegas.
Schipper added that RNC members frequently propose resolutions and not all are adopted by the membership
RNC rules require candidates to lock down 1,215 delegates to become the party’s standard-bearer in a presidential election.
Trump won at least 20 of the 40 available delegates from Iowa following his near 30-point victory, and is set to pick up at least 12 of New Hampshire’s 21 delegates following his 11-point win in the Granite State, per the latest data.
Haley is set to gain eight delegates from her third-place finish in Iowa and nine in New Hampshire.
While McDaniel has stopped short of directly calling on Haley to exit the race, she told Fox News Tuesday night that she did not see how Haley could overcome Trump and win the nomination.
“I’m looking at the math and the path going forward, and I don’t see it for Nikki Haley,” she said at the time.
“There is a message that’s coming out from the voters, which is very clear,” she added. “We need to unite around our eventual nominee, which is going to be Donald Trump.”
Neither the Trump campaign, nor Bossie immediately responded to requests for comment.
Bossie is also the chairman and president of Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group.
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Lost “The Great War” with Ticketmaster trying to get tickets to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour? Are you down bad crying at the gym over missing the highest grossing tour of all time? Look no further than Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire to get your Swiftie fix.
The theme park is advertising a “Tribute to Taylor” show lasting until Sept. 2. Fans can “Shake It Off” to a wide swath of the original 44-song Eras Tour setlist, condensed to a 26 minute show featuring backup dancers, multiple costume replicas, and a Swift look alike herself.
June Baker, known as Princess Juniper on social media, stars in the show as Swift. Many of the comments on social media videos of the show revolve around Baker’s striking resemblance Swift.
The show “Hits Different” on TikTok, where it has become a sensation. Some videos of Baker and her backup dancers garner millions of views. The CanobieLakePark tag on TikTok is inundated with videos of the show.
The average price for a regular Eras Tour ticket is more than $1,000, according to the Economic Times. Tickets to Canobie Lake Park (and The Eras Tour: New Hampshire’s Version) start at $59 dollars, so you won’t need to put yourself into the “Red” to see Swift — or a really convincing lookalike — perform.
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Motto Mortgage—RE/MAX’s mortgage franchise—has opened a new office in Nashua, New Hampshire, serving all markets throughout the state.
Motto Mortgage Sail Home is now open, marking the first ever franchise office location in the state for the Motto Mortgage brand. The company stated that the new office will provide homebuyers and refinancers competitive rates and access to local professionals that understand the New Hampshire market.
Motto Mortgage stated that Sail Home is a customer-first, full-service mortgage brokerage established by David Duplessis. Duplessis brings a multitude of mortgage knowledge to the brokerage with 35 years of industry experience under his belt, previously holding roles at companies including Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, HarborOne Mortgage, LeaderOne Financial, Preferred Mortgage Lending, and Luminate Home Loans, Inc.
“Motto Mortgage Sail Home offers an advantageous alternative to the traditional mortgage bankers currently operating in Nashua,” said Duplessis. “We provide the scope, scale and support of a large retail lender, while offering the flexibility, autonomy and exceptional service of a local mortgage broker that knows how to navigate the intricacies of the home buying process in your market.”
Duplessis will also serve as the mortgage loan originator for the office, the company stated.
For more information, visit https://www.mottomortgage.com/.
WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Next weekend, on July 27, 24-year-old Natalie Noble will be attempting to do the most pull-ups completed by a woman in a 24-hour period.
Noble, a trainer at Flight House Gym in Rye, NH, set this goal for herself over 9 months ago. She said that while doing pull-ups, she kept “hitting a wall…” meaning she could not get past her current pull-up numbers.
She stopped seeing progress.
Frustrated with her progression, she decided to set a goal for herself.
By the time she turns 25, which will be on July 27, 2024, she wants to be a Guinness World Record holder for the most pull-ups completed by a woman in a 24-hour period.
The current record for this exhausting task is 4,081 pull-ups.
Natalie Noble’s goal: 4,300 (or so). Noble does not want to beat the record…she wants to blow it out of the water and keep the title in NH for a long time.
So Noble has 24 hours to complete over 4,081 pull-ups…what about sleep? Food? What is the schedule or plan?
According to Noble, no sleep. Flight House Gym in Rye, NH (who is hosting) is planning on staying open for 24 hours to allow Noble to accomplish this feat.
Instead of doing as many as she can on the 27th, then sleeping, and cranking out a few more on the 28th, Noble is going for a different approach: The EMOM approach.
EMOM stands for every minute on the minute. So Noble will begin her first few hours by tackling 5 pull-ups every minute on the minute. After a few hours at that pace, her body will certainly begin to feel it.
Her plan is to switch to 3 pull-ups every minute on the minute after a few hours of the 5 pull-up pace.
So her 24-hour window will be very scheduled. She’ll crank out 3-5 pull-ups at the beginning of every minute. Then she’ll rest for about 45-55 seconds.
Then she’ll repeat that 1,440 times.
Again, this WORLD RECORD attempt is taking place at Flight House Gym in Rye, NH from noon-time on July 17 to noon-time on July 28th.
We cannot wait for Natalie Noble to bring this Guinness World Record home to New Hampshire.
Go get that goal and go get that record, Nat!
These are 10 of the current Guinness World Records that live in New Hampshire.
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