In an interview with a Maine talk radio show, LePage (R) said the United States needed a Donald Trump presidency to exercise “authoritarian power” to pull the United States back from “anarchy” and fix a Constitution that has been “broken” under President Obama. “Sometimes I wonder that our Constitution is not only broken, but we need a Donald Trump to show some authoritarian power in our country and bring back the rule of law,” LePage said in the interview. “We’ve had eight years of a president — he’s an autocrat — he just does it on his own, he ignores Congress, and every single day we’re slipping into anarchy.”In effect, he was calling for new authoritarian power to curb what he considers the current authoritarian power. “It’s another thing to be in the White House and do it.”Pressed by the hosts about the Trump tape, LePage stood by the Republican nominee. https://t.co/mEKLkmBznX — Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 11, 2016Reminder to Maine: this not our form of government.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2016 09:06 UTC