PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 11, 2023
Sen. Angus King’s firm opposition to the proposed Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act has left us confused and extremely angry. Sen. King has repeatedly cited “unintended consequences” as a reason for his opposition without citing any specifics. The senator has said “a deal is a deal” when referencing the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 as a reason to oppose the legislation. Yet Sen. King rightly supported a sorely needed change to our Electoral College vote-counting law, a law more than 150 years old. ~ June and Roy Smoot, Kennebunk