Glover quoted in Morning Sentinel article on Waterville mayor recall
Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, spoke with the Morning Sentinel about Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro questioning the integrity of an effort to oust him from office. Isgro posted the names and photos of several circulators of the recall petition on his personal Facebook page, raising questions about outside involvement as critics pointed to the posts as examples of intimidation, the article states. The petition was started after outrage over a tweet Isgro made on his Twitter account telling the survivor of a Florida school shooting to “Eat it,” according to the article. “There’s a lot of outrage right now,” Glover said. “There are a lot of people energized and active in politics that might not have previously been. They’re kind of hyperactive. A lot of these things end up on social media and then they kind of explode.” Like in Waterville, some conservatives across the country have expressed skepticism about the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that in several cases has translated to a “dangerous political strategy that can blow up,” Glover said.