CONCORD, NH (TNND) — Republican New Hampshire congressional candidate Lily Tang Williams criticized her opponent Maggie Goodlander on Thursday, claiming the Democrat’s wealth has deprived her of contact with Americans.

Goodlander, a former Justice Department official, suggested during a Thursday debate hosted by local newspaper WMUR that Williams supports trickle-down economics. That theory, popularized by former President Ronald Reagan, states that tax cuts for large corporations would benefit the economy as a whole.

“I believe the middle class deserves a tax cut, and I believe we will do a lot for this country by making sure we don’t continue these disastrous tax policies,” Goodlander said.

Williams fired back, accusing the former Biden administration official of hypocrisy.

You’re rich,” Williams said. “You’re worth between $20 and $30 million. How do you know that ordinary people are suffering?”

“Are you going shopping?” she pressed. “Going to Walmart? Buy food? I talk to those people. And if you pretended to be a renter in Nashua a few months ago, go back and run for this open seat with millions of dollars from Washington, DC, insiders.

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Williams after the debate, saying he was “so impressed” with the Republican’s performance.

“Maggie Goodlander is one of the queens of neoconservatives. These are the people who supported the Patriot Act or the surveillance state and the censorship state that have kept us in a constant state of war,” he said.

Kennedy also referred to Goodlander’s husband, Jake Sullivan, who has served as President Joe Biden’s national security adviser since 2021.

Williams is from China, where she was born under communist leader Mao Zedong. She notes on her website: “I fear that the country I love will become the country I left.”

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