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Republican nominee for #Maine governor says he wants #ICEAgents at #Polling places in the state

The Maine Democratic Party criticized the idea as likely illegal and an attempt to intimidate voters.

by PATRICK WHITTLE and MATT BROWN,
August 26, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — "Maine’s Republican nominee for governor recently told a crowd of supporters that he would ask a top Department of Homeland Security official to send U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state for this fall’s midterm elections, according to audio obtained by The Associated Press.

"During an Aug. 20 event in Arundel, Bobby Charles told a group of supporters that he would ask #TomHoman, the White House #BorderCzar, to send federal agents to polling places in the weeks before #ElectionDay. The audio was first reported by the Bangor Daily News.

" 'Here’s my secret,; Charles told members of a Maine Young Republicans chapter. 'I have a friend named Tom Homan. Tom and I used to get on Fox all the time together. Tom’s an awesome guy.'

" 'I’m going to ask Tom, I’m going to actually — three or four weeks before the election, maybe three — I’m going to make an appeal for ICE and #USMarshals to be at our voting booths,' Charles said, according to the audio."

Read more:
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/08/26/bobby-charles-ice-at-polling-places/

#MainePol #USPol #Elections2026 #VoterIntimidation #ICEOutOfMaine #ICEOut #DefundICE #CapitalPolice #CapitolPolice #PanEm #Fascists #BobbyCharles #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Consider this today's reminder that the #Democrats and #Republicans are BOTH terrible. In case you didn't know, Trump's current "#borderczar" #TomHoman first appeared all the way back in the #ObamaAdministration.

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Tom Homan, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be his incoming administration's "border czar," is a veteran immigration official and immigration hawk whose law enforcement career spans decades.

Once a police officer in New York state and Border Patrol agent, the Obama administration tapped him to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation branch in 2013. During Homan's time at ICE under President Obama, the agency carried out record numbers of formal deportations. Obama gave Homan a Presidential Rank Award, the highest civil service recognition.
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#Obama didn't just APPOINT the man; he gave him a freaking AWARD for his work!

Vote for whoever you want, it is none of my business. But if you vote Democrat and you are one of those people that likes to say "no human being is illegal," be honest about the fact that you are voting for the "lesser evil." When it comes to #immigration, along with any other issue you could name, the Democrats are no saints. I have NEVER understood how anybody could actually be EXCITED about, PASSIONATE about the electoral campaign of a Democrat!

We need to be building #workingclass power OUTSIDE of electoral politics.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-what-to-know/