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Maine repuke gov LePew met frequently with "Sovereign Citizens" extremists!
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/casting-paul-lepage-more-alarming-lightMaine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has earned his ignominious reputation. The far-right governor, elected with just 38% of the vote in a multi-candidate race four years ago, has spent his term saying and doing often ridiculous things, embarrassing himself and his state, while presenting himself to the nation as something of a buffoon.
But there’s evidence this week that it might to be time reevaluate LePage. The caricature of the Republican governor as a bumbling-but-harmless clown may be overly charitable in light of new revelations.
TPM yesterday published a book excerpt from author Mike Tipping, whose new book on LePage reports that the governor met repeatedly with Sovereign Citizens extremists. It’s a little tough to excerpt here, though Josh Marshall took a stab at summarizing the first chapter’s revelations....
In case anyone’s forgotten what Sovereign Citizens are all about, the Portland Press Herald provided a compelling summary:
The citizens movement, a conspiracy organization, believes the government is plotting a Christian holocaust via the mass collection of firearms, that it runs mind-control operations and that it was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Sandy Hook school shootings.
But there’s evidence this week that it might to be time reevaluate LePage. The caricature of the Republican governor as a bumbling-but-harmless clown may be overly charitable in light of new revelations.
TPM yesterday published a book excerpt from author Mike Tipping, whose new book on LePage reports that the governor met repeatedly with Sovereign Citizens extremists. It’s a little tough to excerpt here, though Josh Marshall took a stab at summarizing the first chapter’s revelations....
In case anyone’s forgotten what Sovereign Citizens are all about, the Portland Press Herald provided a compelling summary:
The citizens movement, a conspiracy organization, believes the government is plotting a Christian holocaust via the mass collection of firearms, that it runs mind-control operations and that it was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Sandy Hook school shootings.
