Andy O’Brien

Andy O’Brien is lifelong Mainer, writer, former Maine state legislator, and former editor of The Free Press, a newspaper covering midcoast Maine. He covered Maine state politics for nine years with a focus on Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo counties. He is also the communications director of the Maine AFL-CIO but is speaking in his own capacity and is not representing his employer.

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STEEP FALLS, MAINE - AUGUST 5: A rural country store is decorated with Trump signs in support of the former president, August 5, 2021 in Steep Falls, Maine. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Liberals Are Celebrating a New Book on Rural Trump Voters That Falls Apart Under the Simplest Inspection

Andy O’Brien

- May. 12

Maine state Sen. Chloe Maxmin correctly recognizes that coastal Democrats are confused by rural America. She’s exploiting their ignorance in “Dirt Road Revival.”

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Liberals Are Celebrating a New Book on Rural Trump Voters That Falls Apart Under the Simplest Inspection