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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds in Portland show their support for Mueller's Russia probe (Maine)
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/08/hundreds-demonstrate-in-support-of-special-counsel-probe/More than 300 demonstrators flooded Portlands Monument Square Thursday evening to protest President Trumps decision to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with Matt Whitaker, a presidential loyalist who has openly criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation into whether anyone involved with Trumps 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election.
Demonstrators characterized Trump as a dictator who must be held in check by Congress.
Among other things, this wave election in Maine was a massive repudiation of the authoritarianism of Donald Trump, said Dini Merz, one of the leaders of Mainers for Accountable Leadership. Even in victory, we know that a constitutional crisis looms as Trump gets ready to fire (Rod) Rosenstein and Mueller. Once woken, we will never go back to sleep and we intend to be out here flooding the streets to protect the Mueller investigation and our democracy from the Russians.
Portlands demonstration was one of several hundred protests held across the state and the nation, according to Marie Follayttar Smith, executive director of Mainers for Accountable Leadership. Rallies were also held in Bangor, Brunswick, Augusta, Lewiston, Belfast, Kittery and Rockland.
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Hundreds in Portland show their support for Mueller's Russia probe (Maine) (Original Post)
jpak
Nov 2018
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)1. that's what the blue wave was about
Stopping the dictator-wannabe is one big reason for the voters in the blue wave.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)2. Kudos to all who made their voices heard.... and seen.
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)3. About a hundred of us stood out in 43 degree rain for an
hour and a half in Fayetteville, AR. We took over all 4 corners of major intersection in front of county courthouse.