Story highlights Maine state legislator Drew Gattine who received a profanity-laced voicemail from the state's governor

The state representative compared Gov. Paul LePage to Donald Trump

(CNN) The Maine state legislator who received an expletive-laden voicemail from Gov. Paul LePage said Monday that LePage "probably needs to get some sort of professional help" and suggested his constituents no longer think he's fit for office.

Democratic State Rep. Drew Gattine elaborated to CNN's "New Day" on the incident with LePage that made national news last week, when Gattine publicized a voicemail in which the governor called him a "c---------" and threatened violence apparently in response to Gattine calling LePage a racist.

But Gattine told CNN's Alisyn Camerota he had "absolutely not" called LePage a racist, and clarified that he had said "that I didn't think that those kinds of racially charged comments were really helpful."

"Again, this governor likes to throw stones. I try not to throw stones back. You know, I was being very careful in terms of what I said."

Gattine went on to suggest that LePage was unfit for office. "I think the Maine people are getting extremely concerned after six years and these kind of escalating events with respect to our governor, that he's not at the point where he isn't fit to be governor. He really probably needs to get some sort of professional help."

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