Submitted by PatsFreak101 t3_ykcxgs in Maine

I’d be lying if I said I was surprised that all the publicly posted Mills campaign signs on 202 in Winthrop and Manchester have been nicked. Minus the one very clearly crossed out with a LePage sign next to it. In an election season with candidates and their families being assaulted by right wing agitators it was only a matter of time before voter intimidation came here too.

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siebzy t1_iusr9hj wrote

They do this every election lol

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WellImFromNorway t1_iuszzhq wrote

I had the same thought driving up 202. “Hmm someone spray painted 🚫 on the Mills sign and there’s a fresh LePage sign right next to it—wonder who it could have been…”

There’s a few kicked down around Lewiston too.

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Dennis_Duffy_Denim t1_iustl0n wrote

My ma had a sign that just said “VOTE” stolen from outside her house.

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indyaj t1_iusuat0 wrote

People are such assholes.

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Bywater t1_iusywzz wrote

I can't remember a time when they didn't get nicked by some right wing half-wit. Dangerous game really, it's 250 bucks a sign and probably just a slap on the wrist or a sleepover in county if you beat the shit out of some fuck you catch doing it.

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AnxiousWillingness t1_iutjxz0 wrote

Saw someone plucking Tavis Hasenfus signs on Annabessacook rd last week. Gray Toyota Tacoma. Have regretted not calling him in since.

Whatever, I know who I'm voting for even without the signs.

And while on the topic of roadside signs, I'm sorry "Burke's Roofing and Masonry" I didn't realize I'd run over your sign until I looked in the mirror. That was an honest accident.

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Super-Lychee8852 t1_iuuwg7b wrote

All my neighbors LePage signs were splashed with like house paint or something, puddles of paint under the signs.

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iv1ak8w wrote

Oh boy another person trying to say that jaywalking and a triple homicide are both crimes like there isn’t a difference.

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_iuw1xr8 wrote

Which candidate and their family was assaulted?

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iuw8fxq wrote

Paul Pelosi and a state senate candidate in Pennsylvania was attacked in his own yard

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_iuwjy9o wrote

Paul pelosi was attacked by a Canadian visa over stay. Apparently there was a blog with the same name that has been taken down by it's host, but no one has confirmed it was his. The state Senate candidate was attacked by an unknown assailant who was trying to break into his garage... And because of a spray painted but mostly unreadable in the rain message weeks before he thinks it's political...

But of a leap in both those cases to call them right wing agitators...

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Miltra t1_iuwl76t wrote

I don't think anyone is calling them '*left* wing anything.

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iuwl84o wrote

Cause left wing agitators are known for spewing Q anon conspiracy theories…

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stargarden44 t1_iuzi202 wrote

I was I think we need an anti-intimidation force that dresses up in costume, hands out candy and pre-rolls, and thanks people for participating in the democratic duty to vote.

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dirtydog4U t1_iuuxjjn wrote

I’d say it’s mostly Republican signs being stolen vandalized . But yea sure occasionally a democrat sign may be targeted

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iuvwwno wrote

Dozens of signs gone in a week isn’t “occasionally”

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Technical-Role-4346 t1_iutqa4e wrote

In 2020 plenty of Trump signs were stolen or defaced. Assholes bigots and haters are found in both parties.

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iutro3t wrote

There it is. Both sides arguments to dismiss increased rhetoric and violence from the right. I’m surprised it took four hours

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jarnhestur t1_iuuktw2 wrote

It’s a valid argument. I saw a ton of ‘Fuck Trump’ when he was president and lots of people (on both sides) pointed out that the farther we go down this road, the worse it is for everyone.

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iuvwsq4 wrote

Democratic candidates are being assaulted in their homes. Republicans aligned militias are standing outside ballot drop boxes with assault rifles.

Stop trying to say both sides are the same. They aren’t.

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kmkmrod t1_iuwub5l wrote

> Democratic candidates are being assaulted in their homes.

Who did that happen to?

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jarnhestur t1_iuw61r8 wrote

Right, because only Democrats have ever been attacked. 🤣

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PatsFreak101 OP t1_iuw8lu5 wrote

Yes. Since right wing media is stoking fear and anger like a drunk train engineer attacks have increased and MSM is doing its part to normalize it.

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