LePage apologizes for saying Mainer possibly among dead in Paris

Source: Kennebec Journal

Gov. Paul LePage backtracked on comments he made Monday at a public event that a Mainer might have been killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris, saying hours later that he didn’t have official confirmation that a state resident was among the dead.

The governor apologized through his official Twitter account.

“Sorry for the misunderstanding,” the governor tweeted. “We do not have any official confirmation anyone from Maine was killed in the attacks.”

Adrienne Bennett, a LePage spokeswoman, said the governor’s office originally said the governor’s office was working to confirm whether a Mainer had died in the attacks on Friday night.

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