Domestic Violence on Tribal Land | Tom's a nice guy, but his voting record is garbage | Episode 1
Channel: Pete Bourgelais
Date: 2020-04-08

When an important bill came up that would make domestic violence on the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribal areas easier to prosecute, the incumbent in this race voted to table it.  Here's why that's especially heinous in the middle of a pandemic.


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Sources cited:


"Taking stand for safety of Indigenous women, legislature passes tribal VAWA", https://mainebeacon.com/taking-stand-for-safety-of-indigenous-women-legislature-passes-tribal-vawa/



Text of LD 766: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0571&item=9&snum=129