UPDATE: Gov. Paul LePage goes on air to apologize to Gattine, Maine UPDATED 6:39 A.M. AUG. 30: Gov. Paul LePage met Monday night with Senate President Mike Thibodeau and House Minority Leader Ken Fredette for about 90 minutes at the Blaine House, according to the Portland Press Herald. Thibodeau’s spokesman, Jim Cyr, said LePage told the Republican leaders he […]
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Westbrook youth center cancels Gov. Paul LePage’s town hall
PORTLAND — The governing body of a Westbrook youth center has decided to cancel a town hall meeting planned by Gov. Paul LePage, who had announced it Monday. The Wednesday town hall was meant to have LePage “deliver remarks about moving Maine forward and answer questions from residents,” according to a statement from the governor’s […]
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Stephen King calls Paul Lepage ‘a bigot, a homophobe and a racist’
Maine horror writer Stephen King is chiming in on recent controversial remarks by Gov. Paul LePage, saying the Republican is “a bigot, a homophobe and a racist.” King made the comments on Twitter this weekend. Last week, the governor said blacks and Hispanics make up the majority of drug arrests in the state. He also […]
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Gov. Paul LePage plans town hall in Westbrook on Wednesday
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage will hold a town hall meeting Wednesday in Westbrook, the city represented in the Maine House of Representatives by the Democratic lawmaker that the governor targeted last week with a profane voicemail, leading to his biggest controversy yet. LePage will use the event to “deliver remarks about moving Maine forward […]
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Maine Council of Churches ‘dismayed’ by Gov. LePage’s ‘vitriolic attack’ against lawmaker
The Maine Council of Churches on Saturday weighed in on Gov. Paul LePage’s profanity-laced voicemail to a state lawmaker, calling it a “vitriolic personal attack.” “The words he chose to use in the message and interview (after) were unspeakable — and yet he spoke them, disgracing the office of governor and dishonoring our state in […]
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Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for obscene language in voicemail
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is apologizing to “the people of Maine” for leaving a vulgar voicemail for a Democratic legislator and says he was using a metaphor when he said he wished he could challenge the lawmaker to a duel and point his gun “right between his eyes.” LePage said in a written statement Friday that […]
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Gov. Paul LePage lashes out at lawmaker, challenges him to a duel
WARNING: Obscene language used Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has unleashed an obscene tirade on a Democratic legislator, leaving him a message that said “I am after you” and telling reporters he wished he could point a gun between the legislator’s eyes. The governor made a series of racially charged comments, including a reprise of […]
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Video: Gov. Paul LePage says most drug dealers are black or Hispanic
The comment came after one man in the audience accused the governor of creating a “toxic” environment for racists in the state. The governor took a lot of questions from residents at Wednesday night’s town hall, but maybe the one that struck a chord the most with the governor was one from a resident who […]
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Gov. Paul LePage calls Khizr Khan a ‘con artist’ on the radio
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says the father of a deceased Muslim captain in the U.S. Army is a “con artist” for criticizing Donald Trump. LePage, a Republican, made the comments on Wednesday during an appearance on a program hosted by Boston radio host Howie Carr. LePage’s comments referenced Khizr Khan, whose son died while […]
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Paul LePage comes out against expanding background checks
PORTLAND — A referendum designed to strengthen background checks is an affront to gun rights and individual liberties, Gov. Paul LePage said on Wednesday. Echoing the Republican’s statements was Chris Cox, of the National Rifle Association of America who is also the executive director of the political and lobbying wing of the NRA. Both men spoke […]