Gov. Paul LePage said Monday he welcomes college students who want to become Maine residents and vote here. But he didn’t sound especially welcoming. LePage warned students not to vote in Maine and back home in another state. “Casting ballots in two different states is voter fraud, which is why Maine law requires anyone voting […]
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Gov. Paul LePage warns economy could suffer if voters choose poorly
If Mainers vote to hike the minimum wage and impose an income tax surcharge on high earners, Maine Gov. Paul LePage fears the economy will crumble. Toss in the new federal overtime rules slated to go into effect soon, he said, and “we’re going to get absolutely destroyed. It’s a perfect tsunami.” Speaking to the […]
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Gov. Paul Lepage says Questions 2 and 4 will be disasters for Maine
Gov. Paul LePage has said he’ll move south if Mainers pass Questions 2 and 4 on the Nov. 8 ballot. This is nothing new. LePage has for months rallied against Question 2, which would implement a 3 percent surtax on income over $200,000 to increase state aid to public schools, and Question 4, which would […]
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Gov. Paul LePage shifts $193,000 from PAC to Maine GOP
Gov. Paul LePage has transferred a major chunk of his political action committee, ICE PAC, to the Maine Republican Party. He and two former administration officials run the group, which had raised $385,000 as of Oct. 25. So far, it has spent $199,000, with $193,000 of it going to the state GOP, including a $110,000 transfer on […]
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Gov. LePage misinformed
Gov. Paul LePage has come out swinging against all of the referendum issues that will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. Furthermore, he declared that Questions 1, 3 and 5 were unconstitutional. He went on to say that Question 3, concerning universal background checks, would also create a gun registry. Just where in the wording […]
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Donald Trump Jr. takes a jab at non-endorsing Republicans
During a campaign swing through the area Tuesday, Donald Trump’s eldest son blasted Republican politicians who refuse to back his father. Trump said that GOP officeholders — including U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin — who don’t support their party’s presidential candidate are “just protecting themselves and the little environment they’ve created” […]
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Gov. Paul LePage critiques U.S. government, Donald Trump
Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday during a radio appearance on WGAN that the United States has gone so far awry that it isn’t a democracy anymore. “If we were a democracy we would have already fallen apart,” said LePage. “We are a representative republic. The direction the country has to start looking now is a parliamentary system. […]
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Paul LePage holding more than $300,000 raised for legislative races
AUGUSTA — Tens of thousands of dollars are pouring into state legislative races, but it’s a mystery when and where Republican Gov. Paul LePage will provide support just weeks before Election Day. LePage is a registered fundraiser of ICE PAC, a political action committee that has raised almost $330,000 from donors including Maine logging companies […]
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Gov. Paul LePage casts doubts on a ‘clean election in Maine’
Gov. Paul LePage — who has won two statewide elections in Maine — has joined Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in calling elections in Maine and the United States illegitimate. During his weekly Tuesday morning phone chat on WVOM radio, LePage said that as long as Maine doesn’t require voters to provide identification, the system cannot be trusted. […]