Summary
Maine Republican lawmaker Lucas Lanigan won re-election to the state House by a single vote after a recount, despite facing domestic violence aggravated assault charges.
Lanigan is accused of choking his wife during a confrontation about an alleged affair, though he denies wrongdoing and calls the charges “ridiculous.”
His wife later asked for the charges to be dropped, but prosecutors are proceeding, citing evidence of strangulation.
Democrats have called for his resignation, while Republican leaders emphasized due process.
Party not in headline, turns out to be a Republican. DRINK!
Making a drinking game out of this will almost certainly lead to alchohol poisoning and death.
Lol, didn’t even notice it. I just started mentally putting ‘Republican’ in there by default.
and it’s true most of the time
MAGA when there’s a real and obvious failure by outlets to note political affiliation when they report on Republican politicians constantly doing reprehensible shit: I sleep
MAGA when they manufacture a conspiracy about a concerted effort by “woke” journalists to cover up the race of black and Latino suspected criminals: REAL SHIT?
I honestly just assumed.