The state’s chief medical examiner found Hinch’s cause of death was covid-19, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald (R) announced Thursday. Sununu lashed out at other Republican legislators for flouting masks at large gatherings. Don’t act like a bunch of children, frankly.”Other state Republicans were even harsher in their condemnation of their colleagues who had opposed health guidelines. “Those in our caucus who refused to take precautions are responsible for Dick Hinch’s death,” state Rep. William Marsh (R), a retired doctor, wrote on Twitter. Lori Shibinette, the HHS commissioner, would not say when or if Hinch was tested for the coronavirus before his death.

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2020 10:40 UTC