I had the pleasure today of being one of a thousand or so people who rallied at the State House against the Trump regime. Like the rally I attended in Washington, D.C., everyone was well-behaved and courteous. Pro-democracy folks outnumbered pro-fascism folks about one hundred to one.
We heard today from one of the speakers, an ex-marine who served in Afghanistan, that Trump’s playbook is textbook manipulation.
I get it that Mainers weren’t happy with the state and federal governments before November 2024. We had good reason to not be happy. Many reached for what they thought was a lifeboat. Unfortunately, what looked to them like a lifeboat was actually an anchor. That anchor is pulling them and most of the rest of us to the bottom.
If I do run, my campaign will be built on government reform. It will not be Trumpian reform. It will be democratic reform. This election season has started very early with many actual and potential gubernatorial candidates. Most are running on behalf of either the Republican or Democratic party. The two-party system in this country is also an anchor. Lost in the shuffle are the people. Partisan politics has taken over. It is killing this state and this nation.
As an independent, I owe allegiance to no political party. I owe allegiance only to the people of Maine. One of my promises, if elected, is to conduct weekly town hall meetings all across the state. Governors don’t belong in ivory towers, isolated from the real world. They belong on the front lines, seeing and listening to the people.
If I run for, and am elected governor, you the people, come first.
