After a federal judge in Maryland cited Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s stay at President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C. in a ruling allowing a lawsuit against the president to proceed, the Republican governor lashed out at the judge on Wednesday.
“I didn’t realize that I could buy the President so cheap, a night in his hotel and he’s in my back pocket,” LePage told Portland television station WGME.
“The judge that did that is an imbecile. He’s a complete imbecile. That’s all I can tell you,” he continued. “Any district court judge, whether it’s state or federal, puts that in the paper because I stayed in the hotel is an absolute imbecile. And I hope that goes national. And I hope he hears it because he’s an absolute imbecile.”
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Maryland and Washington, D.C. have standing to sue Trump in their case arguing that he violated the Constitution’s Emoluments clause by failing to cut financial ties with his hotel in Washington, D.C.
In the ruling, the judge noted a visit to Trump’s hotel by LePage, as well as reported visits from foreign officials.
Was LePage there on Maine state business? There are a great many acceptable hotels in DC with rates far lower. Are there no Maine state travel guidelines requiring employees to seek less than posh accommodations when out of town?
LePage will now come under consideration to replace Sessions.
Takes one to know one.
Little defensive and ragey, are we, Infarction-in-Waiting?
Someone involved in this is definitely an imbecile but it is not the judge.