Even as Biden is inaugurated, Maine GOP doubles down on Trumpism [View all]
As many of us were watching the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, perhaps listening to youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman speak of “striving to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man,” the chair of the Maine Republican Party was preparing an email with some very different themes.
On the afternoon of the inauguration, a note arrived in the inboxes of those of us subscribed to the Maine GOP email list with the subject “Let’s take Maine and America BACK.”
Demi Kouzounas, the same GOP chair who has been spreading conspiracy theories about the election results and COVID-19, made clear that in her mind no unity is possible, doubling down on some of the worst rhetoric of former President Donald Trump and making clear that his dangerous political legacy didn’t end as his plane flew south to Florida.
In the email, the same state party whose vice chair cheered the insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month on social media accused Democrats of staging “destructive ‘protests’.”
Read more: https://mainebeacon.com/even-as-biden-is-inaugurated-maine-gop-doubles-down-on-trumpism/
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