VIDEO: Ethan Strimling called out by city staff for calling for more illegal immigrants to Portland

WATCH: Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling gets called out by a staffer for his “Bring them on” comments to the media about bringing more illegal immigrants to the city as the city staff struggle to keep up and the program goes over budget. This exchange happened just after the Mayor was told a city in Texas …

Help Stop the Maine taxpayer funded abortion bill

Friends, We are passing along the following message from our friends at the Maine Christian Civic League. They are working very hard to stop the efforts to pass a Maine taxpayer funded abortion bill and opposing a dangerous bill to allow abortions to be performed without doctors. — <Start Message> — Urgent ReminderWe are asking …

GOP continues to grow in Maine’s Second Congressional District, surpass Democrats

For the first time in decades, Republicans have a clear voter registration lead in Maine’s Second Congressional District (ME-02). Republicans, who trailed by over 12,000 registered voters in 2012, have steadily gained ground in ME-02 while Democratic registrations have remained stagnant, resulting in Republicans out-registering Democrats 2.5 to 1 according to the most recent reports. …

Don’t Make Maine a Sanctuary State

Once again, far-left Democrats in Augusta are attempting to make Maine a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants. The bill, L.D. 1589, would prohibit law enforcement officials in Maine from asking anyone about their immigration status and would prohibit local law enforcement from detaining illegal immigrants under “hold requests” by federal agencies. Join us and tell …

Maine GOP Statement on Paid Family Leave & Speaker Gideon’s Tax Increase

Speaker wants to raise income tax despite evidence program can be created without raising taxes AUGUSTA – Following is a statement from Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas regarding Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon’s push to raise Maine’s income tax to fund a paid family leave program: “Today we heard Speaker Gideon, while presenting her …

Say NO to Expanding Welfare for Non-Citizens

Democrats in the Maine Legislature are pushing legislation that would provide cash benefits, SNAP (often called food stamps), and Medicaid benefits to non-citizens. We need to take care of our elderly and disabled Mainers and make sure our veterans are provided the benefits they earned. Tell Augusta Democrats to put Maine citizens first and say …

Maine GOP 2019 Summer Internship

Over the last decade Maine has emerged as a premier battleground state in the national political arena. As we approach the 2020 Elections, it is critical that we continue to build towards electing candidates at the federal and state level. Our 2019 Maine GOP Summer Internship program is designed to teach and develop a wide …

Statement from Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas on Republican State Legislators Economic Concerns

AUGUSTA – Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas released the following statement in response to Republican State Legislators “Bad Bills” press conference: “I applaud our Republican leaders in the State House for leading the fight against the massive number of ‘bad bills’ facing our legislature to ensure Maine stays ‘Open for Business.’” said Dr. Kouzounas. …