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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1959737" data-attributes="member: 12952">Trump-Backed Unfunded Mayor Dunks Donor-Fueled ‘Community Organizer’ In MaineA 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.Robert Macdonald, a 68-year-old Republican, was outspent 15-1 by Ben Chin, a 30-year-old community organizer on the payroll of a large local leftist political group, the Maine People’s Alliance.Macdonald got 4,398 votes to Chin’s 3,826 – a 53-47 percent margin – despite having no website, no Facebook page, no campaign headquarters or telephone number and no organized election day get-out-the-vote effort.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.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1959737, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]Trump-Backed Unfunded Mayor Dunks Donor-Fueled ‘Community Organizer’ In Maine[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]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.[/B][/SIZE] Robert Macdonald, a 68-year-old Republican, was outspent 15-1 by Ben Chin, a 30-year-old community organizer on the payroll of a large local leftist political group, the Maine People’s Alliance. Macdonald got 4,398 votes to Chin’s 3,826 – a 53-47 percent margin – despite having no website, no Facebook page, no campaign headquarters or telephone number and no organized election day get-out-the-vote effort. 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.” [/QUOTE]

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