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trev

(1,480 posts)
1. I went to a public school
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 11:18 PM
Jan 2019

and excelled there. I won awards, plus honors at entrance to college.

I graduated college magna cum laude.

Without public schools, I could never have received an education.

dalton99a

(81,566 posts)
2. Before he left, he pardoned a former GOP lawmaker who was convicted of drug trafficking
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 11:21 PM
Jan 2019
LePage has taken a tough approach on drug traffickers in particular. He supported tougher sentences for drug traffickers and pushed for more law enforcement resources to combat the Maine opioid crisis.

His position has caused controversy, first for joking during a radio interview that convicted traffickers should be executed by the guillotine, and later for falsely suggesting that the majority of people arrested for drug trafficking are black or Hispanic.
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