LePage announces deployment of Maine guardsmen to southern US border

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

Gov. Paul LePage’s office announced Wednesday that the Maine National Guard will deploy a helicopter to assist federal security officials along the country’s southern border.

The announcement came several hours after LePage told reporters that he was “absolutely” willing to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border — breaking with other Republican governors in New England who said they would withhold troops over the Trump administration’s policy of s eparating children from their migrant parents.

The announcement that Maine will send a helicopter and two pilots to Arizona comes amid turmoil over the Trump administration suddenly backing away from a facet of its so-called zero tolerance policy, which seeks to prosecute anyone who crosses the southern border illegally.

On Wednesday morning, the term-limited governor appeared to downplay concerns with the highly controversial policy — which has led border agents to separate more than 2,000 children from their parents — hours before the the president backed off it.

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Read more: https://bangordailynews.com/2018/06/20/politics/lepage-says-he-would-absolutely-deploy-maine-troops-to-southern-border-if-asked/

[sandensea]

1. Baron Pagekonnen, living up to his reputation.

[bronxiteforever]

12. That is brilliant! +1

[sandensea]

13. Why, thanks!

I always enjoyed that movie, and so many in the GOP remind me of the Baron (especially Crisco).

[eShirl]

2. yeah, that sounds like him

[dameatball]

3. But...what about the illegal shoes pouring in from Canada?

[C_U_L8R]

4. How do those guardsmen feel about this?

What will they tell their grandchildren about that time
they were sent off to protect Trump's concentration camps??

[awesomerwb1]

5. So Maine has Susan Collins and this a-hole?

How? Why?

[keithbvadu2]

8. Susan Collins was a 'right time, right place' candidate. She was in a three person primary race

Susan Collins was a 'right time, right place' candidate.
She was in a three person primary race and so far back she could not even see the other two candidates' tail lights.

The millionaire candidate sponsored an investigation of the evangelist candidate who got run out of a southern state because he was boinking his twelve year old babysitter.

The millionaire denied his involvement but the public turned against him and the evangelist, leaving Susan Collins as the sole remaining viable candidate.

[awesomerwb1]

9. But she's been Sen. for almost 20 years now

They couldn't elect anyone else??

Thanks for the post.

[jpak]

14. She pledged to only serve one term

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Lying asshole republican.

Every

Single

One

of

Them

[Honeycombe8]

6. Okay...so we know who HE is, now. Hope this comes back to bite him. nt

[Voltaire2]

7. Always ready to be the asshole.

Never fails. Please, people of Maine, get rid of this guy.

[marieo1]

10. minngal

This man is a creep and always has been. How can anyone in their right mind go along with anything DJT does?

[Hulk]

11. Piggy LePage

An embarrassment to the state of Maine...and the whole country.

[rockfordfile]

15. This is one of those gop pos that you have to say how is it the Democrats haven't defeated?