AUGUSTA – Maine Republican Party Executive Director, Jason Savage, issued the following statement:

“While Democrat leaders like Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker Sara Gideon attempt to renege on a $45 million tax break granted to Bath Iron Works, Democrats like Sen. Eloise Vitelli (D-Bath) who represents the district and many of it’s workers are shockingly quiet.

It is incredibly disturbing that Democrat leadership would send a threatening letter to one of Maine’s largest employers, one that provides good wages, employs Mainers in all 16 counties, and is a major economic driver for the state. This is just another example of the Democrat anti-business and job killing agenda and it must be stopped.

Bath Iron Works, their workers, and surrounding communities deserve to know where their elected leaders stand on this massive tax hike that Democrats are pushing in Augusta.

We call on Senator Eloise Vitelli (D-Bath) and Senator Brownie Carson (D-Harpswell) who represent large numbers of BIW workers to answer one simple question: Do you stand with BIW and their workers or your party leaders in Augusta?”– Executive Director Jason Savage

AUGUSTA – Maine Republican Party Chair, Dr. Demi Kouzounas, issued the following statement regarding Rep. Jared Golden’s announcement that he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump:

“Simply put, Jared Golden is putting manufactured D.C. drama ahead of his own constituents. It’s clear that Golden has no interest in being the voice of a district that overwhelmingly voted for President Trump.

From day one of the impeachment sham, Jared has attempted to play both sides of the issue. Whether it was paying his constituents lip service when he cast a critical vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry, or hiding from Mainers who demanded to know where he stood during the hearings, or ‘splitting his vote’ to impeach the President, the lack of leadership from Jared Golden is astounding. Regardless of how the one-term Congressman attempts to sell you on his political games, make no mistake, Jared Golden is voting to IMPEACH our President.

Today Jared Golden showed his true colors. While he has spent his political career attempting to convince Mainers he is a moderate and a ‘straight-shooter,’ he has proven he is nothing but an empty suit and a rubber stamp vote for Nancy Pelosi and D.C. Democrats.

In less than a year, Mainers will once again make their voice heard in the 2020 election, and unlike Jared Golden they won’t split their vote. They will re-elect Donald Trump and replace Jared Golden with a new member of Congress who represents them.” -Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas

Chris Glynn, former staffer for Sara Gideon, authored sexist, profane tweets that remained public through his tenure with Democratic elected officials

AUGUSTA – The Maine GOP today is calling on Speaker of the House Sara Gideon to denounce the offensive statements made by longtime Democratic staffer Chris Glynn, after a series of his tweets were released. The tweets show Glynn, a former Gideon spokesman and current spokesman for the left-wing dark money organization Maine Momentum, has a troubling history of profane, violent, and misogynist online comments.

Glynn has posted dozens of alarming tweets, over the span of years. Despite this shocking history of offensive public statements, Glynn was hired by an array of prominent Democratic elected officials and organizations, including Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, the Maine Democratic Party, and Maine Momentum.

In one example, Glynn referenced tennis star Venus Williams’ “ass”, commenting that he couldn’t tell if he was viewing the athlete’s backside because her shorts were “the same color as her skin.”

Glynn’s Twitter history is riddled with harsh and violent profanities, including one stating he’d like to “rip someone’s face off for no reason.” Other vulgar and inexplicable tweets from Glynn can be found here.

“Speaker Gideon should condemn these public comments immediately, and her attack group Maine Momentum needs to do the same. Letting these vicious and hateful tweets persist for literally years under her watch shows at best a cavalier attitude toward disrespectful statements about gender and race, and at worst a willingness to tolerate the most wretched behavior as long as it comes from her side of the aisle.” – MEGOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas.