John,
The election is exactly 8 weeks from today. To countdown, we thought it was time to take a trip down memory lane and revisit the Top 8 Unhinged Paul LePage Moments from his time as governor.
LePage’s history of erratic behavior and violent rhetoric didn’t just give Maine a bad reputation, it prevented our state government from functioning properly and hurt working Mainers as a result. Now he’s trying to rebrand himself as LePage 2.0, but after threats to physically assault a Maine Dems staffer and promises to double down on the same failed policies from his first term make it clear: LePage is still the same brazen bully he’s always been.
If you’re ready to stop Paul LePage, pitch in $5 now. If you need one reason why you should donate — don’t worry, we’ve got 8 of them right below.
Top 8 Unhinged Paul LePage Moments
- When LePage declared Hispanic people the “enemy”, and then said “You shoot at the enemy.”
- When LePage baselessly claimed that drug dealers come to Maine to “impregnate a young white girl before they leave.”
- When LePage told a political cartoonist’s son, “I’d like to shoot him,” about his father.
- When the NAACP invited LePage to an MLK Day event, he RSVP’d by saying "Tell them to kiss my butt."
- When LePage told President Obama to “Go to hell.”
- When he told Mainers, "If you want a good education go to private schools. If you can’t afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school.”
- When he threatened to attack Maine’s journalists by declaring, “I want to find the Press Herald building and blow it up.”
- When told a reporter that he’d like to challenge former State Representative (and current ME Dems Chair) Drew Gattine to a duel, saying, “I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt."
We don’t need to add any more LePage moments to this list. Can you help us reach our mid-month goals and chip in $5 to help keep him out of office?
Thank you,
Gaetan Davis
Executive Director, Maine Dems
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