Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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by AMAC, Robert B. Charles

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Just when you thought madness did not come in other flavors, Maine’s arch-progressive, unapologetically belligerent, anti-civil rights governor, the shameless Janet Mills – who pushes men into girls locker rooms, bathrooms and sports – is now getting a “human rights” award from the “Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Organization.” For upending civil rights, she gets an award.

Analogies come to mind faster than they would to a comedy writer with too much caffeine. The irony in all this is just too rich, so completely surreal, that comedy is the only way to discuss it.

While this Maine governor has initiated or joined a dozen lawsuits against the President of the United States, holding up major money for Maine for no credible reason, and has invited two Justice Department investigations into her behaviors, perhaps more – this takes the cake.

To give Janet Mills an award for human rights, as she disenfranchises half the state, more than that if you count parents of girls like me, is like giving her an award for fiscal responsibility, having nearly doubled the budget in seven years, or for accountability, after a state audit found $2.1 billion in questionable contracts, many sole-sourced, some written after money was paid to friends.

This award to Mills for defending the rights of Mainers is a slap in the face to Mainers, like an award to some governor of the old, deep south for defending rights of blacks he kept from schools, or an award to a governor who took bannisters, ramps, and jobs from the disabled, surreal.

Perhaps fittingly, the other two awardees this year by this illustrious foundation – which RFK would hardly recognize – are no less odd for being recognized.

One is a female DOJ attorney who pushed 15,000 pardons and clemencies by President Biden, and likely thought Biden – like Janet Mills, did – “sharp as a tack” – and who Trump removed for refusing to restore gun rights to actor Mel Gibson.

The other is an illegal immigrant – that is, lawbreaker – who boldly sought to get others to break the law, and then attacked the Trump administration for deporting her and others. Interesting, is it not, that RFK was an Attorney General, who fought against criminals?

The crazy part is that Maine’s governor is getting an award for taking away the rights of girls, at a time when these same girls feel abandoned, disrespected, and endangered. This is like posthumously awarding Titanic’s captain “sailor of the year,” or Alec Baldwin top shot for movie actors, or Maine’s Secretary of State Shanna Bellows “constitutional scholar of the year,” for unconstitutionally taking Trump off the ballot in 2024.

This is like having Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and AOC tie for “most likable female politician,” or giving former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich,  another Democrat, an award for “high integrity.”

So, what does all this really mean? It means that the modern Democrat party leadership, not their rank and file, but those who lead the party, are lurching hard left, have lost their way. How do many Maine parents of girls, or Maine girls, or those who have worked to defend girls, are with this? Not many. But hey, if Barack Obama can get a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing, Mills can get a prize for stripping girls of their basic dignity, privacy, safety, and Title 9 rights, I guess. What next?

Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC. Robert Charles has also just released an uplifting new book, “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024).