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Suicide is a touchy subject, so it’s no wonder that Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) raised some eyebrows when he joked Monday that a local newspaper columnist will need to be put “on suicide watch” after Election Day.
Bill Nemitz, an op-ed writer for the Portland Press Herald and a critic of LePage, was the target of that joke.
“I want to put Bill Nemitz on a suicide watch,” LePage said during a rally, according to the Associated Press. “We’ve got to make sure that for the next 24 hours that he doesn’t go anywhere near the new Bucksport bridge.”
The audience cheered and laughed, the AP reported.
Just a taste of the type of thorn Nemitz has been in the side of LePage, who is up for reelection (via Nemitz’s latest column):
Here’s a counterintuitive solution to Maine’s not-really-Ebola crisis:
Take Gov. Paul LePage, Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Sheila Pinette and lock them in a remote cabin somewhere in Aroostook County.
It’s the best way to prevent their ignorance from infecting the entire state of Maine.
Nemitz replied to the joke using his Twitter account. “Hey Big Guy [LePage]… Suicide watch? As if! Don’t flatter yourself,” he tweeted.
We’ve reached out to Nemitz to be sure he will not need to be placed on suicide watch after the election and also to ask whether he’ll continue hammering away at LePage, without the inconvenience of a straight jacket.
Hey Big Guy @lepage2014… Suicide watch? As if! Don't flatter yourself. #mepolitics
— Bill Nemitz (@BillNemitz) November 4, 2014
[Photo via Maryland governor’s office, Twitter @BillNemitz]
