Gary Bryon had two GOP Chairs in Studio, CT GOP Chairman Ben Proto, and National GOP Chairman Drew McKissick. They discuss Ronna McDaniel stepping down, the future of the GOP, and took calls from TOC listeners.
Doctor J. Craig Allen, Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine doctor will talk about South Windsor joins towns in looking to change minimum age of tobacco purchases and states that More and more Connecticut towns are looking into making it illegal for teens to buy cigarettes and other nicotine products. Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine Doctor J. Craig Allen believes it's a positive trend. “One of the things raising the smoking age is it takes the cigarettes and it takes the nicotine products out of the hands of high school seniors,” said Allen. Hartford leaders recently raised the minimum age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21. Now communities like Bloomfield, Wallingford, and East Hartford are exploring similar moves. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this
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Rob Krawiecki threw his hat in the ring for the GOP nomination for Senate, and joined the show to call out Chris Murphy and his fellow Republican candidate Gerry Smith. State Rep Tammy Nuccio called into the show to discuss the budget, and some of the ridiculous bills the Democrats have tried to push, then Dominic Rapini came in studio to discuss voter fraud, and to plug his Fredrick Douglas dinner June 5th.
Matt Fluery from the Connecticut Science Center joined Paul to talk about what CT policies have does to stoke innovation, the role of the Science Center and current collaborations, and what must be done to keep up the momentum.
