Posted on 08/29/2016 6:44:04 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
BOSTON —Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a second-term Republican who has become a lightning rod in the debate over drugs and race, did not shy away Monday from his suggestion that black and Hispanic drug dealers from other parts of New England are fueling the opioid epidemic in his home state, expanding his list of exporters to include two Massachusetts border cities - Lowell and Lawrence.
LePage, visiting the Bay State for a conference with other New England governors and Canadian premiers, linked the heroin and fentanyl epidemic in his state to drug dealers coming in from Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York.
He also told the News Service that while white people in Maine are being arrested for drug crimes, they tend to be related to methamphetamine, while black and Hispanic offenders are responsible for the bulk of the opioid trade.
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The governor needs to pass a law death for drug dealers...
Public hanging ...and trail and punishment in three months
Problem will be greatly reduced
Same for doctors who are drug dealers
I live in Maine and the governor’s comments are true.
He’s undoubtedly 100% correct about Lawrence and Lowell.
Ditto. If ever there were a binary system of crappy towns, L&L beat out Springfield and Holyoke. But not by much.
He knows where they are from because they have the EBT cards on them. Manchester NH is just as bad.
There ya go. Stop welfare. They all ooze off to another clime.
Bravo Gov Le Page! You got the Somali’s from Hell!
LePage clones need to be elected Governor in every State.
by the way, “After a local Democratic state representative challenged the racially charged comments, LePage left a profanity-laced voicemail for Maine state Rep. Drew Gattine.”
LePage went wild when he was called a racist because Lepage actually has an adopted black son, and is no racist.
We need more governors like LaPage... I read that he is trying to make Maine a RIGHT TO WORK state...
I used to live in Derry. Salem was pretty sketchy as well.
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