Maine Democrats warn against a second Trump term at state party convention [Video]

BANGOR — Energized by this week’s felony convictions of former President Donald Trump, Democratic leaders told a crowd of about 1,100 people at the state convention at the Cross Insurance Center on Saturday that the stakes of this fall’s election are high and the choice before voters is clear.

Speakers ranging from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who appeared in her personal capacity on behalf of the Biden campaign, to Gov. Janet Mills and the state’s constitutional officers framed the upcoming election as a choice between a compassionate, capable incumbent who respects the rule of law and individual rights and a self-interested former president looking to exact revenge on his political rivals.

Mills said the choice between the two candidates is clear.

“One of those people is a convicted felon,” Mills, a former prosecutor, said to the crowd’s delight. “God bless the jury system. I believe in it.”

The convention – …