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In reply to the discussion: Maine candidate calls Florida teen activist a skinhead lesbian [View all]riversedge
(70,047 posts)28. The newspaper says Gibson has since made his Twitter account private. The Coward is Leslie Gibson
GOP candidate in Maine calls Parkland student skinhead lesbian
http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/12/gop-candidate-in-maine-calls-parkland-student-skinhead-lesbian/
The office-seeker is the only declared candidate for Maine's 57th state House District.
By Kirby Wilson and Associated Press 1 hour ago
LEWISTON, Maine A Republican Maine House candidate has used Twitter to attack two students who survived a shooting at a Florida high school, calling one of them a "skinhead lesbian" and the other a "bald-faced liar."
Leslie Gibson is the only declared candidate for the 57th District and told the Sun Journal it was "not appropriate to single out the Parkland students." But he says he stands firm in his defense of "our constitutional rights." He says he served in the military and took an oath "to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States."
A Democratic organizer in Greene says, "That sort of stupidity really turns people off." Organizer Pat Fogg says she wishes she knew someone who could jump into the race.
The newspaper says Gibson has since made his Twitter account private.
It's not the first the Parkland students have come under fire. An employee of the Florida House, Ben Kelly alleged in February that survivors David Hogg and Emma González were not students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but paid crisis actors. Kelly was promptly fired.
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Link to tweet
http://www.tampabay.com/resizer/WdDrV6DtlpmgGAKiIZN8olWc6oA=/734x0/smart/filters:quality(60)/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/tbt/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20105333/parklandstudents.jpg
Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, appear on CNN.
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There must be SOMEONE who can take-down this POS! He looks like a shady car salesman...
NurseJackie
Mar 2018
#40
There's got to be someone who votes and never been arrested in Maine House District 57!
marble falls
Mar 2018
#2
Yes, I know the poster probably meant to write xenophobe, but I was hoping s/he might reconsider...
Hekate
Mar 2018
#25
Yes, Hekate, I meant xenophobe. Homophone is appropraie as well, but I used broader scope
iluvtennis
Mar 2018
#29
What kind of hell hole is House District 57 that someone like this would be unchallenged?
Vinca
Mar 2018
#15
a fish rots from the Head down: Trump name calls his opponents and demeans them and State
riversedge
Mar 2018
#27
The newspaper says Gibson has since made his Twitter account private. The Coward is Leslie Gibson
riversedge
Mar 2018
#28