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Democrat candidate admits he's 'utterly unqualified,' wants a promotion anyway

theblaze.com · 13d · first reportShare

Matt Dunlap is running as a Democrat for Maine's 2nd Congressional District, claiming to have cut government waste and improved bureaucratic efficiency as Maine secretary of state and state auditor. His track record tells a different story. After more than two decades in office, Dunlap leaves in his wake an illegal-alien armed robbery scandal, a federal voting lawsuit, a string of missed deadlines, and even flunked exams. 'He’ll be held accountable for his failures at the ballot box in November.' During his first tenure as secretary of state from 2004 to 2011, Dunlap's subordinate Robert O’Connell helped an illegal alien acquire the identification necessary to buy a gun. That alien later used that gun to commit armed robbery. Back in March 2006, O’Connell, then the Maine DMV’s director of licensing services , met with Irish native Niall Clarke at a Boston bar and discussed getting him a driver’s license in Maine. O'Connell personally expedited Clarke’s application. The Irishman's visa