Gov. Paul LePage may be an enthusiastic supporter of President Donald Trump, but LePage called the possibility of him working in the Trump administration “wishful thinking on the parts of my adversaries.”
Gov. Paul LePage calls speculation of him landing a job in Republican President Donald Trump’s administration “wishful thinking on the parts of my adversaries.”
It comes after LePage’s trip to Washington, during which staffers were often coy about where he was and released statements to different media outlets saying that while Trump admired LePage’s work in Maine, the media were eager to report on “juicy rumors and false innuendo.”
At the same time, spokespeople didn’t address specific questions about that innuendo, including after the Bangor Daily News heard that LePage could have been considered for a welfare or ambassador position.
But it looks like he’s here to stay, with speculation now turning toward whether he’ll challenge U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent, in 2018, a question he has hemmed and hawed on for more than a year.
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