A group of about 25 conservative Maine Republicans, including six county chairmen and state committee members, have broken from the state Republican Party to form a new grassroots caucus. An announcement about the newly formed caucus came just one day after the state Republican Party voted to reject censuring Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.
“The Maine Republican Party is not listening to the voices of disenfranchised Republicans that are trying to hold their elected officials accountable,” said Caucus Chair John DeVeau Sunday. DeVeau dismissed concerns the grassroots caucus, described in a press release as a “kind of Maine-based version of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus,” might splinter the GOP in Maine.
“We didn’t create all these grassroots organizations that are furious
with the state over the emergency lockdown restrictions still in place
over a year since the COVID-19 health crisis began,” the former Caribou
lawmaker, and current Aroostook County Republican Chair, said in a
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