LePage pens notes to those critical of his stance on Charlottesville [View all]

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http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/08/21/lepage-writes-handwritten-notes-to-those-critical-of-his-stance-on-charlottesville/

Gov. Paul LePage has penned a series of handwritten notes in response to Mainers who have written to him criticizing his stance on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ignited a fierce public debate over racism, its Confederate symbols and how President Trump responded to the conflict.

The messages from LePage to Laurel Daly and Darcey Poulin were shared on Facebook over the weekend. Poulin also sent a copy of her message, as well as LePage’s response, to the Portland Press Herald.

“It is so VERY disappointing to have a governor who will not condemn the racists and violent actions of the KKK and Nazis in Charlottesville this past weekend,” Poulin wrote the Republican governor in a fax message last week.

In a response to Poulin, a Waterville resident, dated Aug. 16, LePage writes: “You must be reading the liberal press. Funny how you don’t listen until it suits your own bigotry.”

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