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Friday, November 5, 2010 at 1:01 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine candidate who made the "go to hell" remark about President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to attend a White House reception.
An adviser to the president called to extend congratulations to Maine's Republican Gov.-elect Paul LePage and to invite him to a reception for new governors on Dec. 2 in Washington.
LePage said Friday: "Absolutely, I'll be there."
LePage made headlines after a Democratic aide videotaped his response to fishermen who were complaining at a forum that federal regulations threatened their livelihoods. LePage responded that "you're going to be seeing a lot of me on the front page, saying 'Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell.'"
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