Connecticut Speaker of the House Matt Ritter recently revealed that State rep. Anne Hughes, who has been charged with stealing lawn signs for her opponent, told him that her childish stunt was a one-time occurrence in the equivalent of a child’s “it won’t happen again, Dad,” statement. “I’ve talked to Rep. Hughes and been assured this won’t happen again,” Ritter went on to say in a statement. “We move on.”
Ritter then said that he sat down for a conversation with Hughes and said that the Democrat will suffer no further consequences for her actions. This decision has left many conservatives wondering how the left would feel if Hughes was Republican and had done the same act of vandalism without being held accountable for it.
Hughes, who is a Democrat currently serving her fourth two-year term representing Easton, Redding, and Weston, was charged with sixth-degree larceny, which is a misdemeanor, after local law enforcement officers say she stole several lawn signs that promoted the campaign of her GOP opponent Darrell Harris that were located along Judd Road and state Route 59. Police then said that an AirTag allowed them to trace the signs back to Hughes.
According to a report from CT Insider, after having been caught with her hand in the cookie jar, Hughes decided to issue an apology, writing a post on Facebook. In the post, Hughes said she was sorry for the incident and stated that she should have made an official complaint about the signs being placed on public property to local authorities or the Harris campaign directly, instead of taking matters into her own hands.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently issued a warning to political campaigns saying that signs are not allowed to be placed on state property, “including highways, roadways, railways, transit facilities, and rights-of-way.” The agency then said that if signs are found placed on state property, they would be collected and stored in nearby DOT facilities.
In the Easton area, town ordinances say that political signs are allowed to be placed along town-owned roads after Labor Day, but are required to be removed immediately following elections. Opinions on social media platform X were spicy to say the least. “Classic. A Democrat state rep steals her opponent’s signs, gets caught by an AirTag, and now faces larceny charges. They can’t even win cleanly two days before the election. Vote accordingly,” one user said.
“Shorthaired white liberal boomer women should get their own race category because they all look so similar. Short hair, soulless eyes, retarded glasses,” another user zinged in a brutal takedown of Hughes. “If she is willing to steal her opponents’ campaign signs what else will she steal to benefit herself?! People like this should be instantly disqualified,” someone else commented.
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“The receipts: Easton police say the AirTag pinged on property Hughes owns, and she handed back several signs, including the tracked one. She has held the 135th District since 2019 and is asking voters for a fifth term tomorrow. The charge is sixth-degree larceny,” a user summarized the case in his post. “The Democrats can never win on merit or policy, so they steal and cheat. They are the worst of the worst in society,” a user said.
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