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lapucelle

(18,252 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 08:31 PM Jan 2017

Meet the Georgia county commisioner who called John Lewis a "racist pig"

According to the Atlantic Journal Constitution,

One of the highest elected officials in one of Georgia’s most diverse counties waded into controversial territory over the weekend when he wrote a Facebook post calling U.S. Rep. John Lewis – a Civil Rights legend already locked in a war of words with president-elect Donald Trump – a “racist pig.”


Here's the text of the deleted Facebook from an AJC screen grab of the now private account:

"John Lewis is a racist pig. There ain’t one political pundit that didn’t say on November 9 that this would be Demonrats EXACT response to Trump winning. Like I heard Rush, I believe say, Demonrats DO NOT live in reality. They believe they were right and THE REAL VOTES were wrong. What a bunch of idiots."


http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/dems-call-for-gwinnett-commissioner-resign-after-john-lewis-comments/EBv0efqsyNlqYNyJnv4uFN/

https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/portal/gwinnett/Departments/BoardofCommissioners/AboutYourCommissioners
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Meet the Georgia county commisioner who called John Lewis a "racist pig" (Original Post) lapucelle Jan 2017 OP
... shenmue Jan 2017 #1
Lovely man. CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #2
Hey, isn't this the guy that.... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #7
Hold it. Racists in Georgia? I was just there for Thanksgivin underpants Jan 2017 #3
If anyone, handsome, lives in reality superpatriotman Jan 2017 #4
".. Russians hacking the electionwhich, of course, we all know didn't occur" dalton99a Jan 2017 #5
Typical Modern Republican texasfiddler Jan 2017 #6

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
7. Hey, isn't this the guy that....
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 08:56 PM
Jan 2017
... tried to get William Tecumseh Sherman's great grandson to run for Governor of Georgia?

underpants

(182,788 posts)
3. Hold it. Racists in Georgia? I was just there for Thanksgivin
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 08:35 PM
Jan 2017

To get to my brother in laws place we got off the highway and took a right at the rebel flag.
Another right after the third rebel flag.

superpatriotman

(6,247 posts)
4. If anyone, handsome, lives in reality
Mon Jan 16, 2017, 08:36 PM
Jan 2017

It's the Democrats. Proud of it.

-funny- I tried to write demon rats and DU spellcheck edited it.

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