Meanwhile, In Maine…
When we last left Maine governor Paul Lepage, he was defending himself from accusations of racism.
In response to reports of out-of-state drug dealers, Lepage said, “With the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty — these types of guys — they come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, they go back home,” LePage said then added for good measure, “Half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave.”
Now the down east provocateur is back with some equally off-putting remarks. This time he wants to bring back the guillotine.
Yes the guillotine.
According to Politico, the topic came up on Maine radio station WVOM when LePage said, “I think the death penalty should be appropriate for people who kill Mainers,” he said in reference to drug dealers. “We should give them an injection of the stuff they sell.”
He went on to argue that people opposed to death penalties, like the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, are protecting drug dealers.
“What we ought to do is bring the guillotine back,” he said. “We could have public executions and we could even have which hole it falls in.”
Go to Maine for LL Bean and the outlet malls. Stay for the public executions by guillotine.
There’s no word if Republic presidential candidate Chris Christie, whom Lepage has endorsed, supports the guillotine. Although in the current American political climate, he just might.