New Video: 60 Democrats Wanted Gas to Be Even More Expensive
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Mainers planning to travel this Memorial Day Weekend will experience a whopping 58% increase in gas prices since last year, the RSLC released a new video today reminding them that 60 Democrats in the Maine Legislature supported a 2019 bill that would have made gas 40 cents more expensive.
“If Maine Democrats in the Legislature had their way, gas prices would be 40 cents higher for their constituents trying to travel this Memorial Day weekend. This issue will be a major liability for Democrats in 2022, as Mainers know that lowering gas prices means voting for Republican state legislators in November.” -RSLC National Press Secretary Stephanie Rivera.
Watch the new video HERE.
The video also comes on the heels of a stunning report from the Bangor Daily News early this week, which noted that “Maine residents kept their homes at unsafe temperatures more than those in any other U.S. state over the past year” as a result of the increase in cost for home heating oil. The 2019 gas tax bill would have made home heating oil prices more expensive.
The complete list of the Democrats who supported the 2019 gas tax hike is as follows:
Representative Deane RYKERSON of Kittery
Representative Betty AUSTIN of Skowhegan
Representative Christopher BABBIDGE of Kennebunk
Representative Pinny BEEBE-CENTER of Rockland
Senator Shenna BELLOWS of Kennebec
Representative Seth BERRY of Bowdoinham
Representative Lydia BLUME of York
Senator Catherine BREEN of Cumberland
Representative Heidi BROOKS of Lewiston
Representative Mark BRYANT of Windham
Representative Barbara CARDONE of Bangor
Representative Anne CARNEY of Cape Elizabeth
Representative Janice COOPER of Yarmouth
Representative Margaret CRAVEN of Lewiston
Representative Matthie DAUGHTRY of Brunswick
Senator James DILL of Penobscot
Representative Janice DODGE of Belfast
Representative Donna DOORE of Augusta
Representative Victoria DOUDERA of Camden
Representative Michelle DUNPHY of Old Town
Representative Richard FARNSWORTH of Portland
Representative Jessica FAY of Raymond
Representative Victoria FOLEY of Biddeford
Speaker Sara GIDEON of Freeport
Representative Lori GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach
Senator Geoffrey GRATWICK of Penobscot
Representative Nicole GROHOSKI of Ellsworth
Representative James HANDY of Lewiston
Representative Thom HARNETT of Gardiner
Representative Allison HEPLER of Woolwich
Representative Daniel HOBBS of Wells
Representative Brian HUBBELL of Bar Harbor
Representative Patricia HYMANSON of York
Representative Henry INGWERSEN of Arundel
Representative Erik JORGENSEN of Portland
Representative Victoria KORNFIELD of Bangor
Representative Scott LANDRY of Farmington
Representative Colleen MADIGAN of Waterville
Representative Ann MATLACK of St. George
Representative David McCREA of Fort Fairfield
Representative Joyce McCREIGHT of Harpswell
Representative Michele MEYER of Eliot
Senator Rebecca MILLETT of Cumberland
Senator David MIRAMANT of Knox
Representative Margaret O'NEIL of Saco
Representative Sarah PEBWORTH of Blue Hill
Representative Anne PERRY of Calais
Representative Lois RECKITT of South Portland
Representative Tiffany ROBERTS of South Berwick
Senator Heather SANBORN of Cumberland
Senator Linda SANBORN, L. of Cumberland
Representative John SCHNECK of Bangor
Representative Braden SHARPE of Durham
Representative Holly STOVER of Boothbay
Representative Michael SYLVESTER of Portland
Representative Denise TEPLER of Topsham
Representative Ryan TIPPING of Orono
Representative Ralph TUCKER of Brunswick
Senator Eloise VITELLI of Sagadahoc
Representative Charlotte WARREN of Hallowell
Representative Stanley ZEIGLER of Montville
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