LePage sought two positions in Trump administration while governor
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 18, 2022
Presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with Maine Gov. Paul LePage before speaking at the Westin Portland Harborview on High Street in Portland March 3, 2016. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
About a month after the 2016 presidential election, Gov. Paul LePage sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump congratulating him on his “well-deserved and overwhelming” election.
But that wasn’t the only purpose of the letter. LePage, who had two years left in his second term as Maine’s governor, was also looking for a job: overseeing national welfare . . .
