It’s about time.
At least a few Republican legislative candidates in Maine have finally begun to shine a bright light on the twin plagues Gov. Janet Millstone and Democrat majorities at the Statehouse unleashed on Maine people over the past six years.
GOP ad campaigns are calling out Dem legislators for their complicity in promoting gender-bender madness in Maine’s dysfunctional government-run K-12 schools. The Dems are also being hammered for kicking low-income Mainers to the curb to provide illegal immigrants with subsidized housing, healthcare, and education.
The messaging is simple and direct: keep boys out of the girls’ restrooms, and stop handing out freebies to foreigners.
It’s too bad these candidates waited till the home stretch of the campaign season, but better late than never.
I think I understand why so many GOP candidates shy away from being outspoken on “culture war” issues, especially transgender ideology and open borders.
The candidates know Maine’s lying, dying Fake News outlets will turn the blowtorch on anyone who dares to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy on either of those issues. And let’s not forget the cheap-labor lobbyists at the state and regional Chambers of Commerce. Those country-club Republicans are among the loudest advocates for resettling tens of thousands of illegal immigrants here at taxpayer expense.
That’s the political and cultural landscape we’re facing after Maine’s half-century-long drift leftward. So I get it when candidates are reluctant to leap into the fray. Politics ain’t beanbag; it’s a contact sport, and you better have thick skin.
With that said, I’m feeling cautiously optimistic about the prospects for a good outcome on Nov. 5th, from the top to the bottom of the ballot. But whatever the outcome next week, Maine First Project is already looking forward to 2025, when hundreds of local school board seats will be up for grabs across the state.
We will choose our targets carefully, with an eye toward flipping some school boards, and in the process building a bench of candidates and campaign volunteers for state legislative races in 2026 and beyond.
You can help us make that happen.
Do you have a friend or a family member who would be willing to run for a school board seat? Or perhaps you yourself?
Let me know.
Our team at Maine First Project is ready, willing, and able to provide basic training and support to worthy candidates. Who do you know who fits the bill?
Now more than ever, it’s time to double down on restoring Maine to The Way Life Should Be for the next generation of Mainers. That means reclaiming our public schools from the cultural Marxist ideologues who have turned these institutions into indoctrination camps and grooming parlors.
And if you haven’t already voted, DO IT TODAY!
Best Regards,
Hon. Lawrence Lockman
Maine House of Representatives, 2012-2020
Co-founder & President
Maine First Project