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Aug 27, 2016 · At a State House press conference, Mr LePage said he was "enormously angry" at being called a racist, and restated his earlier remarks which cast Maine's drug problem in racial terms. He said ...
Jan 8, 2016 · Maine's tough-talking governor admitted he made a "mistake" and apologized Friday for making what has been widely condemned as a racist remark at a town hall meeting. But Gov. Paul LePage insisted ...
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- Corky Siemaszko
Paul LePage's Racist Fearmongering on Drugs Maine’s governor blames the state’s heroin epidemic on guys named “ D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” who come to sell drugs and “impregnate a young ...
Aug 26, 2016 · Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) left a threatening voicemail for a Democratic state lawmaker on Thursday, using obscene language and challenging the lawmaker to prove the governor is racist. LePage believed that state Rep. Drew Gattine (D) accused him of being racist after the governor said he kept a binder full of drug traffickers arrested in Maine ...
- Sam Levine
Aug 27, 2016 · LePage called the lawmaker up, and for the second time this week, was forced to say "I'm" and "racist" in the same sentence: "This is Gov. Paul Richard LePage,” a recording of the governor’s ...
Jan 8, 2016 · Updated, 8:39 p.m. | A combative Gov. Paul R. LePage of Maine, who has a history of making blunt, sometimes racially tinged remarks, found himself in a familiar position on Friday as he sought to walk back a comment that had drawn widespread condemnation for its racial overtones.
Aug 26, 2016 · Maine Rep. Drew Gattine said it was unhelpful when Gov. Paul LePage made "racially charged" statements. In response, LePage told Gattine, "I am after you" — along with much more vulgar remarks.
