Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP over his own party.

State Auditor Matthew Dunlap’s bid sets the stage for a high-profile showdown in a district Democrats will likely need to hold to regain control of the US House. Golden represents one of the country’s most competitive districts, winning his 2024 race by less than a percentage point while Donald Trump carried it by roughly 10 points.

Defending the vote in a statement, Golden said that the shutdown “is the result of hardball politics driven by the demands far-left groups are making for Democratic Party leaders to put on a show of their opposition to President Trump.”

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    10 days ago

    Far left far left far left blah fucking blah fucking blah I’m so fucking sick of hearing about this phantom far left party… We don’t fucking have a far left anything. I’d be glad to have a far left party but for fucks sake these people love fascism so much that anything left of center-right is “far left.”

    JFC I’m so sick of this country

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      9 days ago

      Seriously, give me some of those far-left candidates so I can have someone to vote for who represents my interests.

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      Listen, we got the word “rad” out of mocking the establishment once, we can do it again.

      God damn right Im radical, bro 😎

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      I’m so fucking sick of hearing about this phantom far left party… We don’t fucking have a far left anything

      The US doesn’t even have a moderate left party, especially when compared with the rest of the world.

      Even Bernie would be at best mildly center-left in most western democracies.