BANGOR — Maine Republicans have adopted a new platform that touts the state’s accomplishments under Gov. Paul LePage and highlights the party’s stance on issues ranging from education to firearms.
The platform was adopted Friday as the GOP convention kicked off in Bangor.
It opposes new taxes, defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman, and defends the individual’s right to bear arms. It also urges the repeal of the Common Core Standards, uniform educational benchmarks.
It also praises LePage and GOP lawmakers for enacting the largest tax cut in Maine history and preventing Medicaid expansion.
Absent are several planks added in 2010 when the platform was catered to tea party tastes, including the elimination of the Department of Education and a reference to global warming as a “myth.”
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