Paul LePage, of all people, will be the only New England Republican in Congress
The Boston Globe · Kevin Cullen ·
LePage, who likes to say he was Trump before Trump, appears to have won Maine’s second congressional district race.
Tuesday’s midterms, an utter rejection of Donald Trump, have confirmed something that’s been coming for a long time: New England is almost entirely Blue England.
And it is supremely ironic that the only Republican to represent New England after Tuesday’s electoral bloodbath will be Paul LePage, Maine’s former governor and future congressman.
After all, LePage claims he was Donald Trump before there was Donald Trump. LePage likes to threaten people and routinely says outrageous, bigoted things. He and his hero are like peas and carrots.
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