New Hampshire senator utters open mic slur, no censure New Hampshire senator utters open mic slur, no censure February 16, 20219:22 am I’d overlooked this brief in the Democrat-Gazette, which called for a bit more information given that Arkansas is fresh off the incident in which the Arkansas Senate censured state Sen. Stephanie Flowers for referring to Sen. Trent Garner as a dumbass as she participated remotely in a session of the Senate. She was barred from committee participation for three days as punishment. Advertisement So what happened in Live Free or Die New Hampshire? Here’s an account: The racist, sexist and anti-Semitic rhetoric and social media postings by a few Republican lawmakers is getting more attention after a male state senator was caught Wednesday on Zoom calling a woman senator a disparaging name during a remote committee meeting.