Last week, the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills aimed at putting very modest limits on the excessive tactics of Trump’s immigration goons. S.208 would require all officers to identify themselves with name or badge number and restrict their ability to wear masks or face coverings while carrying out their duties. S.209 would bar civil immigration arrests in “sensitive locations” including schools, child care centers, places of worship, and hospitals.

Both bills passed on identical 27-2 votes, including unanimous Democratic/Progressive support plus a lopsided majority of the Republican caucus. (The newly appointed John Morley, who succeeded Sam Douglass, was absent for both tallies.)

Which means the two dissidents need to be identified in the hope that their votes are a lasting stain on their records. It probably won’t keep them from being re-elected since they hail from very safe Republican districts, but given the rising tide of anti-Trump feeling I suppose all things are possible.

The two senators who are okay with masked, anonymous federal enforcers invading schools, day care centers and hospitals are… Russ Ingalls of Essex County (pictured above) and Terry Williams of Rutland County (pictured below in an apparent attack of constipation).

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