Posted on 12/09/2015 4:25:16 PM PST by Hojczyk
A Donald Trump-supporting incumbent mayor will remain in office for a third term as mayor of this small Maine city of 36,000, which has been deluged in recent years with thousands of Muslim Somali immigrants.
Macdonald, a Vietnam veteran and retired police detective, said he figured he could “eke out†a win. His confidence increased as Tuesday wore on.
“In the morning I saw people my age voting,†he said, “and then later in the day, it was working people. I figured I was okay.â€
Lewiston is still predominantly Franco-American. It’s the birthplace of Gov. LePage, who grew up speaking only French until he was 11. But according to recent census data, at least 10 percent of the city’s population is now Somali.
Some local media have likened the Somali influx to the French immigration from Quebec to work in the mills – a comparison that irritates some longtime Lewiston residents.
The Bangor newspaper today quoted a Macdonald voter as saying, “There was no welfare†when his ancestors arrived in Androscoggin County.
“We’re tired of the freeloaders,†the voter said, reflecting a common sentiment.
Macdonald held no victory celebration after he was declared the winner around 9:15 p.m. The Bangor Daily News reported that his wife “reluctantly†allowed a reporter and photographer into his house to get a statement from the mayor, who the paper said was already in his pajamas.
“Not pajamas,†the mayor corrected yesterday. “My sweatpants.â€
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
These refugees are nothing but free loaders….some non governmental org….gets them housing and welfare…how many are working ???
Tax-ticks.
Some places need monthly application of FrontLine.
If our area is any indication, Somalis do not assimilate well
My favorite passage:
“A local landlord posted signs urging voters to reject “Ho Chi Chin,†which Chin claimed was a racist attack. The landlord said he was referring to Chin’s socialist views.”
No Muslims assimilate well. That is the point. Somalians are just less likely as they are even more inbreed and stupid than the Arab Muslims.
I think a bunch of us conservatives may need to take a page out of the left’s playbook and move TO Lewiston.
Was that out loud?
If Howie Carr is such a good conservative writer/speaker, then why didn’t he give us the first name of the mayor MacDonald?
A basic, careless mistake.
Was it Glen MacDonald? If so, let me know and I’ll give you some good information about him.
Found the first name of the mayor in the article so who screwed it up when posting to FR? Major mistake. Hire a proofreader if necessary.
Glen MacDonald, another Vietnam veteran/journalist, wrote a great book on the other nations’ journalists who worked in SVN during the war. Entitled “Report or Distort”, it is a rare work on honest journalists from many nations who tried to cover the war with professionalism and objectivity.
My hat is off to both MacDonalds.
From an old VN Bao Chi, MadMax
I live in Maine, but not anywhere near Lewiston.
Chin was supported by the Maine People’s Alliance, a gaggle of lefty moonbats. They spent $90,000 trying to elect Chin.
Macdonald only spent $5,000. He had no web site, not even a telephone to reach his campaign, and he still won by 1,100 votes, or 53%. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Lewiston by 27%.
People in this country are highly pi$$ed, and it is a phenomenon that stretches from Maine to California.
Do you think Washington yokels (er, locals) and Oboal’s NY/LA newsmedia noticeyet?
The politicians know the people are pi$$ed.
The corrupt big-wigs won’t acknowledge it in public, but they are pooping their pants.
Good article but there is a bit of difference between Trump-backed (title) and Trump-supporter (article)
But the scumbags in the media and GOPe said that rank and file Republicans would turn on Trump. Somebody was lying.
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