AUGUSTA, ME--  Maine GOP Chair Dr. Demi Kouzounas released the following statement regarding Governor Janet Mills' response to President Trump's Executive Order on COVID-19.

"President Trump has taken unprecedented action to help American families and businesses during the devastating impacts of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Janet Mills would rather play partisan games than find solutions that will work for Mainers. Even in her own statement today, Janet Mills admitted she did not understand the order, and instead of getting clarifying answers to her questions, preferred to put out a cheap hit piece on our President to score a few political points with her supporters," said Chair Dr. Demi Kouzouas.

"Governor Mills and Maine Department of Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman should be the last people criticizing the President as they have yet to clean up the complete economic catastrophe they have created in Maine. From a lack of clear direction for Maine small businesses resulting in massive closings, to the complete failure we have seen in Maine's unemployment system, the people of Maine are getting nothing out of Augusta except regurgitated talking points from Washington, D.C."