Politics & Government

Milford Voter Wants All Dems Out

Says local Democrats follow President Obama 'like puppets.'

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Sue Brolet says she has some real concerns about the future of this country and that’s why she’s voting all Republican.

Brolet, speaking at the John F. Kennedy School polling station Tuesday, said she disagrees strongly with President Barack Obama, a Democrat, on issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and the health care law commonly referred to as ObamaCare.

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Additionally, she says the president lied about the 2012 Benghazi attack in which four Americans were killed in an assault on the U.S. Consulate there.

Asked how national politics relate to government on the local level, Brolet said: “I think the Democrats follow (Obama) like puppets. That’s why I don’t vote for them.”

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Asked what she likes about Republican mayoral hopeful Peter Spalthoff, she said: “Only that he’s a Republican.”

At about 4 p.m., voter turnout at the school, which serves parts of the First and Second districts, was about 22 percent.

At about 3:30 p.m., the moderator at Harborside Middle School, which serves the Fifth District, said voter turnout was about 23 percent and that 40 percent would probably be tops.


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