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Sheriff rebels against governor: 'We will not be setting up a police state'
wnd.com ^ | 4/5/2020 | Jack Davis

Posted on 04/06/2020 6:42:39 AM PDT by rktman

The coronavirus cannot kill the spirit of American defiance in the face of government orders Americans believe to be unjust, as shown by Scott Nichols, the sheriff of Franklin County, Maine.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday issued an executive order that requires all out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days to lessen the chance of transmitting coronavirus, according to the Portland Press-Herald. The order also tells would-be visitors not to come to Maine if they have symptoms of the virus. Violators could face up to six months in jail and $1,000 fine.

"We will not be setting up a Police State. PERIOD," he wrote.

"The Sheriff’s Office will not purposefully go out and stop vehicles because they are on the road or stop and ask why people are out and about. To do so puts our officers at risk. This is not Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia where you are asked for your papers!" he wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: bor; constitutionalleo; franklincounty; janetmills; maine; quarantine; scottnichols
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To: FreedomPoster

Haven’t seen much of Ron White lately.


21 posted on 04/06/2020 7:12:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

We saw Jeff a year or two ago. Still funny.


22 posted on 04/06/2020 7:15:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: rktman

Corrupt Democrat politicians are drunk on power.


23 posted on 04/06/2020 7:15:37 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: FlipWilson

24 posted on 04/06/2020 7:18:03 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Get ready for May 1. Liberal Democrat governors like the asshat here in PA refusing to open the state and we begin to have civil disobedience and local police refusing to obey the Governor.....”BBQ, what BBQ???”. They are not going to let it go, they won’t until they take down Trump. They are evil and craven. Things may get a little ugly here and there.


25 posted on 04/06/2020 7:18:13 AM PDT by pburgh01 (It's the FLU!)
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To: rktman

I’m still extrapolating the data for a county of 400,000 but so far our “wannabee Stalins” haven’t got up the nerve to start writing up violations. A couple of our mayors are gonna have to flee for their lives or end up in tar and feathers though. I was surprised tar and feathers came out ahead of stringing them up but recall elections was not even statistically significant.


26 posted on 04/06/2020 7:23:15 AM PDT by SanchoP
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To: rktman
You want to hear something that will annoy you even more. My wife works for a Federal Agency that shall remain nameless, suffice to say her work has nothing to do with the corona virus, law enforcement or national security. Since the corona virus crisis started she has been teleworking from home and has absolutely no reason to travel or go anywhere work related. Last week she was sent a very official looking memo, it basically says to show the memo and her work ID if questioned by law enforcement and she can ignore any state or local quarantines. Now it does say this is suppose to only be used for “official business”. But there have already been stories from her co-workers getting stopped and waving their “golden tickets” at law enforcement while going to visit friends or whatever else they want to do.
27 posted on 04/06/2020 7:24:55 AM PDT by apillar
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To: polymuser

The original. NOT the remake.


28 posted on 04/06/2020 7:25:30 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Starboard

They think that after a while they are entitled to the office. I can’t forget the look on Dan Rostenkowski’s (Rosty the Postman) face when he got voted out of office - absolute disbelief that the voters would deny his another term.


29 posted on 04/06/2020 7:28:12 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: apillar

Seen reports of people having these ‘golden passes’ in our local area but I’m still on the “My DL is all I need to go for a drive!” mind set. It could be altered of course. Stay healthy.


30 posted on 04/06/2020 7:28:28 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

““My DL is all I need to go for a drive!”

I put a pocket COTUS in my car, too.


31 posted on 04/06/2020 7:34:40 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: SanchoP
This will start like this in one or two places and snowball into a widespread pushback, if not revolt. My model projects this to happen in days not weeks.

My model indicates that the Democrat voters in New York will continue to support Governor Cruomo even though the numbers indicate he has failed miserably in preparing for this virus.

32 posted on 04/06/2020 7:39:29 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: pburgh01

“Liberal Democrat governors like the asshat here in PA...”

Gov. Gestapo Gretchen Half-Whitmer in Michigan, too. And flip-flop-flip-flop...

The she-rat’s on the radio addressing MI right now. Basking in the attention, high on the dictator power, trying to sound middle-ish today...blah blah blah blah blah blah...omG.


33 posted on 04/06/2020 7:39:54 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: rktman

Ferguson + falchi + birks equals insanity


34 posted on 04/06/2020 7:43:01 AM PDT by northislander
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To: 1Old Pro

D’rat voters re-elected The One, after Obamacare was known to be a failure and more expensive.

Nothing will change most D’rat voters’ minds or voting; they love their Lefty Lemon Kool-Aid. More, please!


35 posted on 04/06/2020 7:44:01 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: kevslisababy

“I am 100% in agreement with you, and I am a female.”

Me too.


36 posted on 04/06/2020 7:45:23 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn R)
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To: 1Old Pro

They’re sheeple that don’t know any better. Of course they will.


37 posted on 04/06/2020 7:46:11 AM PDT by SanchoP
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To: SaxxonWoods

I don’t know what kind of Governor Colorado has but one would think that Romney would demand that Utah be sealed off completely...because that’s just the kind of guy he is.


38 posted on 04/06/2020 7:49:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: kevslisababy

Conservative women are much different than generic women. Thankfully!

Do you like to hunt and shoot, perchance?


39 posted on 04/06/2020 8:13:13 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: pburgh01
Things may get a little ugly here and there.

Here's hoping so.

40 posted on 04/06/2020 8:26:25 AM PDT by tomkat
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