Golden takes a victory lap while Mainers suffer

Maine gas prices have risen to a new all-time high. Grocery shelves are bare. And prices keep rising.

So Jared Golden decided this weekend was the appropriate moment to pat himself on the back at the Maine Democratic Convention.

It’s unclear why.

While his party bosses let him vote against the American Rescue Plan and Build Back Better in an effort to keep another “warm body” on the count to 218 (see here), Golden’s faux-moderate act has earned him a reputation back home for achieving nothing this Congress.

NRCC Comment: “It’s incredibly tone deaf for Jared Golden to take a victory lap on his ineffective year in Congress while Mainers struggle to afford the bare necessities.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Samantha Bullock