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struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 09:56 PM Jan 2021

'Is This Our Party Anymore?'

By STEVE MISTLER • JAN 29, 2021

Former Maine Senate President Kevin Raye attended his first Republican convention in 1978 and didn’t miss one until 2016. Former state Sen. Roger Katz, also a lifelong Republican, remembers attending a parade for President Dwight Eisenhower in 1954.

But in January ... Their peers in the Waldo County GOP ratified a resolution that banned Raye and Katz from running for public office as a member of the party ...

... Raye and Katz got canceled for announcing their support ... for .. Joe Biden ...

... , “I wasn’t aware that being a member of a political party made us take a loyalty oath, or require us to vote for every single candidate that the party puts forward” ...

https://www.mainepublic.org/post/our-party-anymore-maines-establishment-republicans-who-got-canceled

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'Is This Our Party Anymore?' (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2021 OP
They need to ask the Maine Repukes about "cancel culture" FakeNoose Jan 2021 #1
They're not goose stepping in sync with the rest of the fascists. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #2
This is why they can't get rid of Susan Collins MiniMe Jan 2021 #3
Democrats vote for her JI7 Jan 2021 #4
Now you have me deeply concerned about Lizard People being real. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #5

FakeNoose

(32,777 posts)
1. They need to ask the Maine Repukes about "cancel culture"
Sat Jan 30, 2021, 10:02 PM
Jan 2021

... since it seems they got cancelled.

I hope they get an intelligent answer, but ... probably not.


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