By Alex Henderson At a rally in Portland, Maine on Wednesday, October 12, Republican Ed Thelander — who is trying to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree in Maine’s 1st Congressional District — spoke out against federal regulations that he believes are harmful to Maine’s lobster industry. And Thelander is drawing vehement criticism for comparing those regulations to child rape. Slamming the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Thelander told the crowd, “NOAA wants to rape you and your family, and they’re saying ‘pick a child’…. You don’t negotiate with a rapist, …
