Paul LePage Says Confederate Statues Are Comparable To 9/11 Memorial

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By MATT SHUHAM Published AUGUST 17, 2017 11:49 AM

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said Thursday that removing statues and monuments for Confederate veterans and political figures was comparable — and would lead to — removing New York City’s memorial for the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

In an interview with WGAN, LePage was asked about the comparison President Donald Trump made Tuesday between the white supremacists who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, and the counter-protesters who demonstrated against them.

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“What they’re standing for is equally as bad,” LePage said, referring to the counter-protesters. “They’re trying to erase history.”

“They should study their history,” he added later. “They don’t even know the history of this country and they’re trying to take monuments down. Listen, whether we like it or not, this is what our history is. To me, it’s just like going to New York City right now and taking down the monument of those who perished in 9/11,” he said. “It will come to that.”

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[procon]

1. Only if it was a memorial to the terrorists who flew the planes into the Twin Towers. nt

[marybourg]

2. Absolutely right.

The gov of Maine is a dangerous idiot.

[dalton99a]

9. Bingo.

[bullwinkle428]

19. I was going to say Osama Bin Laden, but basically you made my point.

[Paladin]

3. Gotta love all these fucking Yankees, squealing about this matter. (nt)

[keithbvadu2]

31. Gotta love all these fucking conservatives, squealing about this matter. (nt)

FIFY

[atreides1]

4. The stupid is strong in this one!!!

First, LePage gives idiots a bad name...secondly he has his head so far up Trumps ass, that if Trump walks around a corner, LePage will break his neck!!!

[Kleveland]

5. Mind numbing.

What a complete nincompoop!

Not sure why this idiot is Governor of Maine.

Scares me.

[Eugene]

6. Is he auditioning for a job in Trump administration?

Paul LePage is deplorable, but this time he has outdone himself.

It is a sad day when a prominent New Englander spouts this pro-Confederate crap.

[Control-Z]

7. Would need a moument to bin Laden first, dumbass. eom

[IronLionZion]

8. It's not LePage's heritage, he's French Canadian with immigrant parents

and English is his second language. It's very interesting that people are trying to claim a history that isn't theirs.

Not many statues of Hitler in Europe, yet somehow people manage to remember that history.

[dalton99a]

10. +1

[SharonClark]

11. He's an idiot.

Sometime I wonder how we are ever going to overcome all the willful ignorance in this country that is reinforced by right wing talk radio, FOX, and creeps like LePage.

[Cryptoad]

12. Does this mean the him and rest of the Rethugs,,,,,

are OK with a memorial statue of the Commanding SS Officer in charge of Auschwitz?

[Cold War Spook]

13. Wake Up America

America better wake up and wake up fast. When our leaders spew out this hate,and it is hate, not stupidity, there are too many people who will join them in this hate. When I was old enough to understand Hitler's rise to power I was thankful that it could never happen here. I was wrong.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. The Governor of MAINE

is defending Confederate memorials and statues?

That's a new one.

[SweetieD]

18. Yep. Because this has nothing to do with the confederacy but everything to do with affirming

modern white supremacy.

[KatyMan]

36. It's not.

Racism isn't confined to any one part of the country. Some states have done a better job of mitigating the shits that believe stuff like this, others aren't as successful, but it's everywhere, in every state and every country.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Who doesn't know history? Maine was not a Confederate state.

[Javaman]

16. lepage is a certifiable moron. nt

[SweetieD]

17. Yeah it would be if there was a huge statue of bin laden at the memorial. Or how about a statute

Of Tim McVeigh at the site of the Oklahoma city bombing.

[bronxiteforever]

20. "But the cause for which we fought was higher" words from Maine Hero

But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power. Joshua Chamberlain
Hero at Gettysburg leading 20th Maine, President of Bowdoin College and Governor of Maine

[obamanut2012]

21. Extra demerits when people not from the South defend this garbage

It annoys the fuck out of me.

[Hekate]

22. Maine elected Susan Collins and Angus King. WHY this *hole?

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Multiple candidates on a plurality ballot, both times. I

can't wait til we see the back of him!!

[world wide wally]

23. A fucking statue is one step short of a fucking idol.

and I bet Trump has a golden calf in his bedroom

[Yonnie3]

24. Idiot nt

[exboyfil]

25. Over 8000 men from

Maine died fighting the Civil War.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain probably doesn't mean

a thing to LePage.

[muntrv]

26. Memo to LePage: They were shooting at American soldiers

Like Al Quaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[3catwoman3]

29. Seriously? I need to stop thinking...

...that the bottom of stupidity from elected officials has been reached, because it obviously hasn't been.

What a jackass!

[chelsea0011]

30. Who is stopping him from erecting Civil War statues in Maine?

Go ahead. Do it. If I hear one more comment that it is about commemorating our history, I will puke. The South, last I looked, is still part of the Union now. So, their history is all our history by all accounts to the statue supporters. So, put one in Maine. Right next to a memorial honoring Union Maine soldiers, you total dip shit LePage.

[bigbrother05]

32. And the OKC Memorial honors McVeigh?

Despicable

[mdbl]

33. I agree with the first reply

and have to add that LePage is a Moron extraordinaire.

[packman]

34. Yah - Comparing 9/11 victims to Former American Traitors

[SeattleVet]

35. This is the same guy that removed the pro-Union frescoes?

I seem to remember something about that a few years ago - either removed or covered over the frescoes in the State House.

No hypocrisy at al....nope, not at all.

[YOHABLO]

37. Good god that man is ignorant. I mean people of Maine ..really?

Get rid of him.

[onenote]

38. That's like saying a memorial to Nazis would be comparable to a Holocaust victim memorial or

the WWII memorial in DC.

Idiot.