Mike Ramone may not be a MAGAt, but he is a Nixonian Rethug, someone who deals in dirty tricks and character assassination. It’s not gonna be easy to besmirch Frank Burns, so his Rethug minions have taken to…completely obliterating a Frank Burns billboard. I mean, it takes a lot of work and chutzpah to destroy a billboard so thoroughly. Perhaps it takes some people in power to look the other way. It defies belief that nobody saw this vandalism in action. Just check out the handiwork of Ramone’s Rethugs:
Frank Burns has taken the high road:
Statement by Frank Burns, Democratic Candidate for the 21st Representative District
Our billboard by the YMCA on Capitol trail has been vandalized. I want to state clearly that I have no reason to believe Mike Ramone or his campaign workers were involved, but it is clearly done by one of his supporters and meant to both intimidate us and stop us from making our case to the voters in this crucial time period before the election.
The political right needs to figure out how to deal with its lawless elements. This is just vandalism, but we’ve seen far worse locally with the firebombing of the Newark Planned parenthood clinic and the Witzke supporter drawing a gun on political opponents in 2020. I know it’s difficult when the leader of your party is calling rioters who pillaged our nation’s capital patriots and promising pardons, but I expect Mike Ramone to do everything in his power to reign in this sort of behavior among his local supporters.
We will not be intimidated by those who try to silence our pro-choice, pro-worker pro-future message. I would like to thank Officer Christopher Taylor of the Delaware State Police for the quick response and professionalism in the initial investigation. It is our hopes that the numerous security cameras in the area will eventually lead to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible.
I, for one, will not take that high road. Ramone has been a low-road politician throughout his entire career. Let’s see if he rejects the vandalism that was done in his name. Perhaps Burns should hire on Bethany Hall-Long’s husband as a security advisor.
Let’s be clear: This is the single-most important legislative race this cycle. Excising the malevolent Mike Ramone from Dover, and replacing him with an extraordinary candidate like Frank Burns would be more than a flip. It would represent a sea change.
Mike Ramone: Floor’s yours. Reject the actions of your supporters. Or don’t. Your call.