Paul LePage locks self in room, refuses to swear in new state senator

[kpete]

If there's anyone left in America that thinks Maine Governor Paul LePage is still fit to hold elected office, maintaining that position on a day-to-day basis must be quite the slog. Having won a special election on Tuesday, Susan Deschambault is the newest elected Democratic state senator in his state—or she would be, but Gov. Paul LePage has apparently locked himself in a closet and refuses to come out:

Deschambault was scheduled to be sworn in this morning before 9am, and has her family with her at the State House to witness the ceremony, but LePage’s spokesperson now says that won’t be happening because he’s mad about an unrelated vote in the Labor Committee against his nominee for labor representative to the Unemployment Insurance Commission.

http://mainebeacon.com/gov-lepage-refuses-to-swear-in-duly-elected-democratic-senator/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/1/1508995/-Paul-LePage-locks-self-in-room-refuses-to-swear-in-new-state-senator

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Our governor is a disgrace!

[hobbit709]

2. A mandatory psych eval should be a prerequisite for anyone running for office.

[a kennedy]

4. You have got to be kidding.....locks himself in a room and won't come out??

[struggle4progress]

5. "When I don't get what I want, I hold my foot until I turn blue"

[Paladin]

6. Impeachment due to mental instability.

By early next week, if possible.

[Bradical79]

7. Did he literally lock himself in a room?

Or is the dailykos writer just comparing him to a child throwing a tantrum? I'm not clear on that, lol.

[B Calm]

8. Maybe they need to drug test him.

[Rex]

9. Can he be removed from office for dereliction of duty?

The wheels are off the GOP clown car as it rolls downhill toward a cliff.