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- ↑ "'Prove I'm a racist': LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail". 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Maine Governor Paul LePage criticised for 'racist' remarks". BBC News. August 27, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
