If the rep was 35, with a lung issue and a new representative, would you have said the same

Age has nothing to do with it, and he IS a new representative, but absolutely yes. It was just a bureaucratic snafu: Bridge never notified the House that he would need special accommodations & seating, and his tank would have blocked the aisle, violating fire code. (note: the General Court in New Hampshire isn't like other State House of Reps/General Courts, where there's a "Central Aisle" & Republicans sit on one side and Democrats on the other. The seating in the NH GC is NOT assigned by Party, but by assignment/personal preference.)

So the issue was that Bridge originally choose a seat, that now could not accommodate his Oxygen Tank.

Then when they were going to let him vote outside of his seat, Bridge decided to "take his ball and go home" out of defiance of not being allowed to his seat to vote.

So in reality, it's a case of Stubborn-Man vs. Bureaucratic Snafu/Safety Concern.

He's not the only representative of the General Court that requires special assistance. Since Reps in the GC aren't paid, it's a majority of elderly retirees: the average age of a Rep in the GC is like 67, 68 years old. So given the advanced age of a lot of members, they already do go out of their way to make accommodations for members needing assistance. Hell, Bridge isn't even the only member that medically requires an Oxygen tank, so it's not like he was being singled out or discriminated against.

If he notified them ahead of time, that he now required an oxygen tank and to assign him a seat that could accommodate that, then everything would have been fine. Again, which is why I keep saying this was suuuuuuch a not story.