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House Republican leaders have already said they are willing to move on, a decision that effectively blocks lawmakers’ ability to call a special session for impeachment or censure proceedings.
Around 200 people in Westbrook gathered Wednesday night to call for a return to decency in ME politics. Drew Gattine – the lawmaker LePage recently insulted and essentially threatened to kill.
LePage left a lawmaker an obscene voicemail and then said he wished it were 1825 so they could duel and LePage could point a gun at him.
Thibodeau says impeachment of LePage isn’t going to happen. But the host cited space concerns and the event was canceled.
“Every day, Paul LePage gives ME people more evidence that he is unfit for office”, State House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe (D) and Assistant House Majority Leader Sara Gideon (D) said in a statement Tuesday night.
LePage, whose term extends through 2018, said in a statement he would “take several actions” but did not make clear what he intended.
Incensed, LePage left Gattine a profanity-filled voicemail. LePage says he won’t resign. The Governor of ME was elected in 2010 and publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president early in his campaign.
After the leak, LePage naturally responded by challenging Gattine to a duel, promising he would “not be Hamilton” and fire right at his rival. “To whomever it was, I’m not an alcoholic and I’m not a drug addict and I don’t have mental issues”, he said. The embattled ME governor announced on the radio Wednesday his plans to stay in office and seek “spiritual guidance” along with his family.
“After speaking with Gattine on Wednesday, “the reporter that put a mic on my face owes the people of ME an apology”, said LePage”.
LePage apologized to the lawmaker earlier Wednesday. Being called a racist was a terrible thing for me.
ME legislative leaders have met to discuss Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s obscene tirade against a Democratic legislator but remain at odds over what to do about it.
“Gov. LePage did the right thing today by apologizing to Rep. Gattine for his obscene outbursts and irresponsible behavior. The Republican senate caucus has clearly stated that we need an acceptable plan for corrective action before the determination of whether the Legislature should convene is made”, Thibodeau said in a statement.
LePage, whose term runs through 2018, said he “will be seeking spiritual guidance with my wife and my children”. “He hit a wrong nerve”, LePage said Wednesday.
LePage denied using “racially charged language” and issued no apology for his remarks blaming out-of-state blacks and Hispanics for fueling Maine’s heroin epidemic, despite contradictory Federal Bureau of Investigation data.
Republicans in the state’s Democratic-led House of Representatives said they accepted LePage’s apology and were ready to move on. He met with Gattine face-to-face Wednesday, and Gattine said that despite the apology, he still thinks LePage should resign.
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LePage gave conflicting comments about his future Tuesday.
