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Crowd Turns Partisan at Cardin's MACo Town Hall
Maryland’s next statewide elections are three years out, so the political atmosphere at Maryland Association of Counties summer convention this year was expected to be chill.
But that seemed to fall by the bayside during a Q&A with U.S. Sen Benjamin L. Cardin (D) on Friday.
While Cardin had some strong statements about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and President Trump, attendees made reference to “Moscow Mitch” in questions and urged support for his Democratic challenger.
It was an unusually partisan tone for Cardin’s MACo town halls, which usually focus on local issues and problem-solving.
Read more: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/08/16/crowd-turns-partisan-at-cardins-maco-town-hall/