State Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) is among vehement critics of former President Donald Trump now sending his prayers to the 2024 Republican presidential nominee following his attempted assassination on Saturday.
But a review of Baldacci’s social media posts shows the Bangor area pol has frequently highlighted extreme anti-Trump rhetoric, including a meme calling for “MAGA” to be “Dead and Buried”.
Baldacci has also reposted several videos from anti-Trump former Republican Adam Kinzinger, who left Congress for a gig in cable news as a token GOP talking head.
Kinzinger has emerged as one of the more extreme anti-Trump voices, regularly calling Trump a “danger to democracy” — calls Baldacci has been eager to echo.
As far back as 2017, Baldacci alleged in a Facebook post that Trump was “engaging in an assault on democracy and a free press.”
Baldacci also emerged as one of the top election deniers in 2018, regurgitating baseless conspiracy theories about a foreign conspiracy to thwart the election of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
“This wasn’t meddling this was a well funded highly coordinated conspiracy to attack America’s democracy,” Baldacci said.
“It is like the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor and America not responding to it,” he said.
An lengthy independent investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence to suggest the claims made by Baldacci and other national figures were true.
In a 2022 post, Baldacci commemorated the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots by reminding his followers America’s “domestic” enemies still needed to be defeated.
“[W]e need to defeat the enemies of America and democracy, enemies that are both foreign and domestic,” Baldacci wrote.
“Russia committed warfare on American democracy and Trump doesn’t care bec he knew full well this was integral to his election,” Baldacci alleged in another post.
Ironically, Baldacci boosted allegations from the Biden campaign in a March 31 post claiming that Trump was “inciting political violence” against Biden by sharing a funny video of Biden getting hog-tied.
Baldacci has also shared memes alleging that Trump is a rapist, and that he “hates disabled veterans and [prisoners of war]”.
Following the assasination attempt, however, Baldacci is singing a different tune, praying for the well-being of the man he apparently believes is a violent rapist, a threat to democracy, a co-conspirator in a grand Russian plot to rig elections, and whose political supporters he wants “dead and buried.”
Another sap demonstrating how weak minded he is. As another posted “rule of thumb” where someone says something this stupid must be being blackmailed. What ya do Joe?
Whacko! And this guy votes!!! Scary.
It’s time to send this moron into retirement,…..
Looks like Baldacci has logged too many hours in a Italian eatery.
He’s a dem. Republicans NEVER got his vote to begin with. Go away Joe!
Hypocrite.
If he doesn’t like the America First policies then what does he like?
Business as usual?
Money and favors in return for certain votes?
Taking more and more money from the middle class?
Bringing in more illegals and crime and drugs and more oppressive rules on businesses so there are only low wage jobs?
Housing too expensive for those who pay their own way?
Shut it unless you have something useful to say and we don’t buy your phony anti violence talk
I looked up the definition of blowhard online and instead of it reading “a person who is insecure with their existence, and, by their own virtue, he (she, in this case) feels the need to blatantly spew ilk and diatribe about other people who are otherwise innocent” there were just these two words: Joe Baldacci.
Hold your breathe Joe
Please, hold your breathe
Democrats in self-destruct mode. The demise of their party is real.
Another bobble head democrat who has nothing “constructive “ to add to anything , except the destruction of our state . Time to vote this joker out of office . Go make some meatballs Joe . We don’t want to hear from you again .
This a-hole’s vocation isn’t public service, it’s politics, self service. Shameful.
Statements like that, fuel the fire….yet they blame Trump. This idiot needs to be charged with inciting violence.
Another Trust Funder that is woefully under accomplished and give Way to much attention.
People like Baldacci are the reason why MILLIONS of Independents will never be Republicans
Hey, Home Cookin’ – you ready to buy that seadweller yet because the ass hungry secret service guy who burned down heritage99 here in eddington wants to get it to trade for a xyrem prescription from 498 essex in bangor
What a slug that Baldacci is ……such a repulsive specimen .
Shut up Joe ……go make some spaghetti sauce and mind your own business .
NOBODY cares what you think .
A perfect example of why we need to vote these democrats out of office !
You wanna MAGA?
Ask Bioquark to reanimate all the dead people in the cemeteries.
HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ
You won’t get my vote. EVER