Maine's Republican Gov. Met With Domestic Terrorists, Discussed Executing Democrats: Book

Maine’s Republican governor vehemently denied claims in a forthcoming book that he discussed executing the state’s Democratic speaker of the House and Senate president.

A pair of “sovereign citizen” radio hosts said last year on their “Aroostook Watchmen” program that they had met with Gov. Paul LePage and talked about hanging as the punishment for high treason – which the broadcasters believed the Democratic lawmakers had committed.

“LePage indulged and supported the sovereign’s beliefs,” wrote blogger Mike Tipping in his upcoming book As Maine Went: Governor Paul LePage and the Tea Party Takeover of Maine.

Tipping has launched an online fundraising campaign to pay for the book, which has not yet been published.

“He allowed them to present a number of conspiracy theories, told them he agreed with their interpretation of state law, promised to publicize their beliefs, (and) discussed with them the arrest and hanging of [House Speaker Mark] Eves and [Senate President Justin] Alfond,” Tipping wrote.

The group claimed to have “remonstrances,” or documents they said gave them the authority to arrest and execute the legislative leaders, Tipping reported.

The governor publicly endorsed several sovereign citizen beliefs they had discussed, including comparisons of the U.S. government to Nazi Germany, claims that wind power is a hoax, and describing the county sheriff as the highest law enforcement official.

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