Maine Republicans Trash School Where Convention Was Held

The Maine Republican Party, which has been taken over by the tea party, abused the privilege of using a school classroom for a meeting during its state convention, and justified their behavior by saying they saw “anti-American” things there.
(h/t AMERICAblog)

One School Committee member [Sarah Thompson], saying she’s “appalled” by the behavior of some of the Republicans who used a room at King Middle School last weekend, wants to protect the city’s public schools from future harm.

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“We allowed them to use the space and I’m appalled that they would go through a teacher’s things, let alone remove something from a classroom,” Thompson said Wednesday. “We want the public to use school spaces, but they need to respect that it’s a school and understand that they should leave it the way they find it.”

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Republicans who had attended the convention called Principal Mike McCarthy to complain about “anti-American” things they saw there, including a closed box containing copies of the U.S. Constitution that were published by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Maine Republican Party leaders have issued a written apology to King students and teachers.

Social Studies teacher Paul Clifford returned to his classroom to find that a poster about the labor movement was removed and taken, and replaced with a sticker that read, “Working People Vote Republican.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.