Janet Mills

Janet Mills, Maine governor and U.S. Senate candidate known for tough state leadership and former attorney general. She discusses ICE operations in Maine and what reforms she would demand for DHS funding. She explains how states can protect elections from federal intimidation and outlines her priorities and electability pitch for a Senate run.

Janet Mills, Maine governor and former attorney general running for U.S. Senate. Emma Vigeland, progressive political commentator from The Majority Report. They discuss threats to elections and GOP reactions. They dig into ICE deployments, detention abuses, and state pushback. They also cover Maine politics, Mills’s Senate run, and federal-state clashes.

Janet Mills, the two-term governor of Maine and a former state attorney general, joins the discussion as she announces her run for the U.S. Senate. She talks about her legal victory against Donald Trump's administration, which protected Maine's school lunch funding. Mills shares why she's stepping into the Senate race now, highlighting her policy disagreements with incumbent Susan Collins. She emphasizes her commitment to defending reproductive rights and standing up to Trump as vital parts of her campaign.