Although LePage apologized Friday to “the people of Maine,” he did not apologize to Rep. Drew Gattine, despite leaving the obscene voicemail message on his machine. LePage asked who had called him that and the reporter said he had talked to Gattine, but didn’t say Gattine had called the governor a racist. After storming out of the press conference, LePage called Gattine’s office. Paul Richard LePage,” the governor said, according to a recording of the phone message obtained by the Press Herald. Michael Thibodeau, the Republican president of the Maine Senate, also rebuked LePage, saying it "damages our public institutions when inappropriate comments come from either party."

Source: Fox News August 26, 2016 21:48 UTC