After the pro-Trump mob desecrated the U.S. Capitol — egged on by the president himself — some well-meaning folks are saying, “This is not who we are.”
However, “this is not who we are” is contradicted by sundry “TRUMP 2020” signs and banners still on display throughout Kent County, and elsewhere.
Trump-loving diehards and bitter-enders need to hear this: The 2020 election was free, fair, and final; Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won by a wide margin; the Trump era is over; and it’s 2021.
Grenville Whitman
Rock Hall
Maryanne Alderson says
The last I head this is still a free country so if someone wants to keep the stupid sign up that is their right. While I agree they should be Dow by now. I disagree about forcing people to remove them What in God’s name is wrong with all you people on both sides.
Magtt Daley says
Well said. The First Amendment takes precedence over our feelings.
Sandra Higgs says
Thank you for saying this. After what happened at the Capitol building, I must say every time I pass one of those signs, my stomach turns.
Sincerely, Sandra Higgs
Den Leventhal says
You should see the large array of Trump flags on one lawn at the entrance to our lane (here in Queen Anne’s County). I can’t imagine what the property owner hopes to achieve by such a display.
Deirdre LaMotte says
Trump is their weapon and it makes them feel powerful. Really, quite pathetic actually, especially
after last Wednesday’s insurrection.
Michael Heffron says
Maybe those of us who accept the reality of the election should “Storm the Trump Signs”. (Tongue in cheek).
Joseph Fick says
More leftist censorship.
I’ll put whatever sign I want on MY property.
Mind your own business!
Goldberg Shekelstein says
Would you still hold this kind of opinion if Trump were to have won and leftist-types went to DC and pulled the same stunt? Would you decry Biden and his supporters? Or do you lack a spine without even a single moral to stand in its place?
Ricky says
The difference here is that we wouldn’t do that. We believe in free speech, but we also believe in Democracy and the rule of law. Otherwise, we would have kicked out that immoral, lying, traitor on January 21, 2017!
Christina Johnson says
Agreed
Amy says
Not all Trump supporters support what happened last week!!! We are allowed to support whom we choose and it is our freedom of speech to display a sign in our yard! Yes it’s 2021 and last I checked our personal property is none of your business!
Valerie Overton says
I believe code of Maryland regulations permit a county to restrict the display of a candidate sign to a period of time before and after the primary or general election.
Gerry Levin says
I agree. Let’s get this country back to where it should be. We don’t need a reminder of the person who has tried to destroy our country.
Joseph Fock says
Did I miss the Kent County scheduled Leftist Book Burning party?
Gretel Stroh says
I remember up in PA they were supposed to take down all political signs the day after an election. I’m for removing all political signs at this point!
Alice M. Barron says
Take down ALL POLITICAL SIGNS
Ricky says
I’m all for letting them keep the signs up. It makes it easier to see who the gullible, ignorant, racists are!
Patricia Heaps says
Here’s an idea – call the FBI to canvass the entire county and arrest anyone who has a sign in their yard, charging them as domestic terrorists. Better yet, do it yourself through the magic of the internet. Take it further and see if you can make them lose their jobs. After all, every single one of those people is a racist, insurrectionist and seditionist. Perhaps a tattoo on their inner wrist so they can be more easily identified. Oops! That idea might be needed for those who choose to not get a vaccine. Cut off their means of communication. Oops! That’s already been done. I guess the concept of private property has gone the way of the 1st Amendment.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Voltaire
Brandt Troup says
I’m sure Mr Whitman is concerned about litter and the adherence to election laws that provide time frames for the removal of signage. As such, I’d like to piggyback on his letter to ensure that the excess signage along Flatland Rd and its tangent communities is removed ASAP!
Or do just the winners get a perpetual election season?
Mrs .Sherri L Lamar says
Funny when Obama won some of his supporters were told to remove their signs… and they did…BUT Trump supporters are allowed to keep their signs up and some say it’s their “RIGHT to FREEDOM of Speech” WTF??!!! Kent County has ALWAYS been racist. From the school system to the fricking Tea Party!!! I’m not surprised the FBI was in Chestertown …can’t wait til the light is shining on the REAL Kent county. So you can KEEP your signs up…so the WHOLE world can SEE where the IGNORANT people lay their heads at night!! Lol And yes I will be putting up my BIDEN/HARRIS signs up AND my good ole OBAMA/BIDEN signs up and giving them out to ANYONE that wants one.