Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics

Behind the Lines: Rob Roper on Vermont Politics

Senate President Pro Tem’s Disgraceful Anti-Small-“d”-Democratic Rant

Tells senators to ignore voters, dictates to media how to report, threatens to de-platform Republican lawmakers who disagree.

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Robert Roper
Mar 13, 2024
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Vermont lawmakers returned to Montpelier following Town Meeting Week break, and if Democrat Senators got an earful from their constituents about rising property taxes, rising crime, and the cost of housing while they were home, it was nothing like what they heard from Senate President Pro Tem Philip Baruth (D/P-Chittenden Central).

Kicking off the “welco…

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