It didn’t take long for the sparks to fly at Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate. Twenty minutes in, former Gov. Paul LePage denounced Gov. Janet Mills as “a liar” for asserting he had supported President Trump’s executive order banning U.S. entry to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
Problem is, LePage did support the 2017 travel ban at the time, tweeting a message contrasting his position with that of Mills, who was then the state’s attorney general.
“AG Mills speaks for herself on immigration order,” LePage wrote in his Feb. 7, 2017 tweet, which made headlines in Maine. “I fully support @realDonaldTrump exec action to protect all Americans,” followed by the “MAGA” hashtag.
It was one of several of clearly false statements LePage made at the debate, continuing a pattern he had as governor. He claimed Mills was distributing “crack pipes.” He also said he had never questioned election results, including Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential race, when in fact he had done so loudly and repeatedly.
Mills now criticizing LePage for supporting Trump's ban on immigrants from Muslim countries. LePage immediately calls her a "liar." #megov22
LePage did support Trump immigration policies. Not sure what he was saying she was lying about.— Eric Russell (@PPHEricRussell) October 5, 2022
His competitors, Mills (a Democrat) and semi-retired physician Sam Hunkler of Beals (an independent) did not pose the same challenge for fact checkers.
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