[This is what the GOP has to offer us - real quality political representatives. Maine residents must be so proud. ---Bozo]
German Lopez · Sunday, August 28, 2016, 4:17 pm
In defending himself from accusations of racism and homophobia on Friday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage made yet another explicitly racist comment — arguing that people of color or of Hispanic origin are “the enemy” and suggesting that they should be shot.
LePage said:
A bad guy is a bad guy. I don’t care what color he is. When you go to war, if you know the enemy, the enemy dresses in red and you dress in blue, you shoot at red. … You shoot at the enemy. You try to identify the enemy. And the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in are people of color or people of Hispanic origin.
The remarks were at a press conference responding to the news and controversy that LePage had left a state representative an expletive-laden, homophobic voicemail. According to the Portland Press Herald, a TV reporter suggested that State Rep. Drew Gattine (a Democrat) had called LePage (a Republican) a racist, and asked LePage how he felt about it. Upon hearing about it, LePage left Gattine a voicemail with profanity and homophobic insults:
Mr. Gattine, this is Gov. Paul Richard LePage. I would like to talk to you about your comments about my being a racist, you cocksucker. I want to talk to you. I want you to prove that I’m a racist. I’ve spent my life helping black people and you little son of a bitch, socialist cocksucker. You… I need you to… Just friggin’. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. Thank you.
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http://www.vox.com/2016/8/28/12682876/maine-lepage-racist-shoot
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