Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images(AUGUSTA, Maine) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage repurposed a famous Mark Twain quote to help dispel rumors that he is resigning after a voicemail where he is heard yelling at a Vermont lawmaker was released to the public.
“Regarding rumors of resignation, to paraphrase Mark Twain: ‘The reports of my political demise are greatly exaggerated,'” LePage posted on Twitter Tuesday.
Regarding rumors of resignation, to paraphrase Mark Twain: "The reports of my political demise are greatly exaggerated." #mepolitics
— Paul R. LePage (@Governor_LePage) August 30, 2016
The clarification comes after reports Tuesday that LePage was considering resigning.
Maine does not have a lieutenant governor, so if LePage were to step down, the president of the state’s senate, Republican Michael Thibodeau, would take over.
LePage, who is in his second term as the state’s Republican governor, apologized for the voicemail that he left for Rep. Drew Gattine which critics deemed “racially charged.”
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