Maine Governor LePage: black and Hispanic people are 'the enemy'

[TexasTowelie]

Maine Governor Paul LePage, in a press conference on the 27th of August, once again made inflammatory statements about black and Hispanic drug dealers in the state, even while claiming their race didn't matter to him.

"Look, the bad guy is the bad guy, I don't care what color he is. When you go to war, if you know the enemy and the enemy dresses in red and you dress in blue, then you shoot at red.”

LePage addressed State House Minority Leader Ken Fredette (R-Newport), “Don't you - Ken you've been in uniform? 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."

LePage is no stranger to controversy. His off-the-cuff and often over the top comments have been a constant part of his tenure. Early in his tenure as Governor, he refused to attend Martin Luther King Jr. events or to meet with representatives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Read more: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/09/maine-governor-lepage-black-and-hispanic-people-are-the-enemy/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. He needs some of these!

The Perfect Christmas Gift for #MAGA Racists and Homophobes
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017511020

[TexasTowelie]

2. I thought of that thread too.

I didn't realize that it was going to turn into a theme night.

However, Gov. LePage puts the "my" in myopia.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I remember his previous remarks on the drug dealers, the man sounds insane

Unless maybe he's hosting a KKK rally. It's unbelievable that he can get away with saying such hateful things, but now it's coming from a national level! I don't think we can afford to wait for Christmas to start passing these out!

And pointing out the connection was irresistible...

[janterry]

3. Meanwhile, his replacements are tied

Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills.

LePage is always an absolute disgrace. IDK how he got elected - the garbage that has come out of his mouth......

[VMA131Marine]

5. LePage got elected because there was a 3-way race

for governor, which split the opposition vote. LePage won with less than 40% of the vote.

[Soxfan58]

7. Moody is a lepage clone

We need Janet in the Blaine House to clean the left over slim.

[greymattermom]

6. Just tell him this:

If there are no buyers the sellers will leave.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. What about all those white CEOs of the opioid producing drug companies?

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. At one time LePage and his French Canadian ancestors (mine included)...

were viewed as the enemy. The KKK was very active in Central ME in the early 1900's trying to keep Paul's ancestors out of the State. Same old, same old. See Gov. Baxter, Dexter, KKK.