Interview: The Politics of NH with Steve Marchand
On Thursday, May 28th, I went live with Steve Marchand on his show “The Politics of NH.” Here’s his short write up about the interview and a link to the show!
Video: CloseUp with Adam Sexton
I appeared on WMUR’s CloseUp with Adam Sexton on Sunday, May 24th. Our conversation covered a wide range of issues, from political corruption and Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund to the DNC autopsy and the genocide in Gaza.
Video: Manchester Immigration Action and Candidate Forum
I traveled twice to Manchester today. The first to stand in solidarity with a person from South Sudan who ICE is trying to deport and the second time to attend a candidate forum at the Manchester City Library. You can see some of what I said here.
Video: Hampton Coffee with Carleigh
As we enter the final four months of this primary, and turn our eyes to November, I know how important it is to keep places like Hampton in mind. Our purple community is consistently the bellwether town in New Hampshire’s first district. Candidates who win in Hampton need to do more than just preach to the choir. They need to show up. They need to listen. They need to cut through the political noise and deliver results for the people who need it most.
Video: Political Corruption is Driving the Energy Crisis
Energy prices are high. There are short term reasons for this, like Trump’s disastrous war in Iran. There are also long term reasons for this including failure to make consistent and predictable investments in renewable energy. But, one decades-old reason for sky-high energy prices is clear and infuriating: political corruption.
Video: Why are our property taxes so high?
On Tax Day, I gave testimony at the NH State House about how NH residents are being crushed by property taxes. Even renters see this burden reflected in their rent, which is rising faster than their income can keep up with.
Unfortunately, Granite Staters don’t have the partners we need at the State House or in Congress. We deserve so much better. Watch my testimony, and my reaction afterwards.
Video: Housing champions
Almost every single day since I launched this campaign, I've heard the same thing from families with young kids, college students, and older people: “We love this state, but we’re not sure we can afford to stay.” Even if this is not your story, the housing crisis hurts all of us. As someone hoping to be your next representative in Congress, I want you to know not only how we got to this point — but exactly what I’ll fight for in order to turn things around.
Video: Peace Makes Us Safe
There is a profound misconception amongst our elected leaders that military might makes the people in our country and around the world safe, but while a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and a massive stockpile of nuclear weapons may make the United States strong, it does not make us safe.
That’s why I vow to always stand for peace by fighting to restore Donald Trump’s cuts of USAID, demanding we re-enter international treaties to reduce the global stockpile of nuclear weapons, and introducing legislation to strip Donald Trump (or any US President) from sole authority to launch a nuclear strike.
Video: Keep ICE out of the Rockingham County Jail
Hundreds showed up at the Rockingham County Commissioners meeting on Thursday to speak out against a proposed contract with ICE to use the county jail to house immigrants detained by ICE. Meanwhile, 75 miles from Rockingham County, in Maine, ICE agents recently detained a Cumberland County Corrections recruit. They literally yanked him out of his car and left it running in the street. Incidents like this are happening all across the country as ICE terrorizes entire communities, tramples on our rights, and kills people.
Video Essay: “Look up.”
Can our democracy survive social media? Our democracy has survived slavery, segregation, and war. Of course, this democracy can survive social media. But whether our democracy survives social media is up to us.
That’s why I invited my fellow candidates here in NH-01 to join me for a month offline. It’s an invitation to look up from our phones and into the eyes of the people we want to represent. It’s an opportunity to connect what we’re fighting for with who we’re fighting alongside. It’s a chance to break out of this connection-starved era and build a new one where real connections and progress are possible. I hope you’ll join me.
Video: Carleigh Beriont invites fellow candidates to quit social media in February
On Monday, I invited my fellow candidates for Congress in NH-01 to join me for a “Social Media-Free February.” Campaigning for six months without social media has given me the opportunity to slow down and connect with people throughout the district without feeling the pressure to capture and create content for the internet. Going direct to the people also offers a chance to break the stranglehold these platforms and their right-wing billionaire owners have on our political system.
I’ll be talking more about my decision and what I’ve learned at the Wolfeboro Public Library on Saturday, January 17th. Click here to signup for the event!
Video: “Carleigh Beriont says she’ll fight to break up Big Tech in Congress”
I sat down with Adam Sexton of WMUR Channel 9 to discuss my plans to regulate and break up Big Tech, my decision to avoid social media; the government shutdown and the fight for health care policy changes; what Democrats should do if they win the majority in Congress in 2026; the immigration issue; and the Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean.
Video: Carleigh Reacts to Shaheen and Hassan’s Shutdown Deal with GOP
Carleigh spoke to Adam Sexton from WMUR News 9 about the deal Senators Shaheen and Hassan struck with the GOP to end the government shutdown. She expressed her frustration with a government, open or closed, that doesn’t work for working people, and asked leaders to “zoom out” and look at the way federal workers have been attacked and belittled throughout the last ten months.
Video: Because it is right.
I’m introducing myself to you tonight, and I’m asking you to believe in me. And more than that, I’m asking you to believe in us. I’m asking you to believe in the parents, the teachers, the organizers, the volunteers, the people who build our communities and who have continued to keep them strong.
We don’t do it for the money. We don’t do it for the glory. We do it because it is right.