Maine governor refuses to swear-in newly elected senator [View all]
Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green bay, WI
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is so angry at Democrats for rejecting one of his nominees that he canceled the swearing-in ceremony for a newly elected senator.
The Republican governor on Friday refused to sign a proclamation certifying the result of Tuesday’s special election.
The election was won by Democrat Susan Deschambault, of Biddeford. She arrived at the Maine Statehouse in Augusta on Friday for a scheduled ceremony at LePage’s office. But she was told it had been canceled.
LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett says the governor canceled the event in response to a party-line vote Thursday in the Legislature’s labor committee, which turned down LePage’s pick for the unemployment insurance commission. Bennett said Democrats treated the nominee, Steven Webster, “despicably.”
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LePage is throwing another one of his tantrums.
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