GOP Maine House Candidate Insults School Shooting Survivor Calling Her A “Skinhead lesbian”
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.
via GOP candidate calls Parkland student ‘skinhead lesbian’ — Chicago Sun-Times
I had to read this article twice. Is Leslie Gibson an adult? Did Gibson forget that the oath he took to uphold and defend the Constitution includes the rights of every citizenship, regardless of their physical appearance and sexual preference?
Posted on 03/12/2018, in politics, Uncategorized and tagged GOP, inequality., insults, Leslie Gibson, Maine, school shooting survivor. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
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I am so sick and tired of the fascists in office!
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Suze,
“Facists” is too kind of a word. I’m so sick of their hatred that I don’t think there’s a word that actually fits their description.
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I wonder how much money she’s taken from the NRA?
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Jim,
No doubt lots and lots.
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Hopefully, Mainers will not vote for this type of being that spews such hate. I imagine there will be write-in.
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Yahtzee,
I don’t know what Maine’s election rules are. Here when candidates run unopposed, they don’t give us a write-in option. That’s when I leave that part of the ballot blank because they can vote for themselves and win.
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You have to wonder what some people use for brains.
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Lulu,
Yep. Brains and a heart.
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That is disgusting how anyone would stoop that low to degrade a victim. Unbelievable!
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Yes, Ospreyshire. A victim, and a teen.
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No disagreements there. That candidate should be vetoed.
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Dear Mz. Xena,
This man is simply emulating his President’s style of politics. They cannot engage their opponents with factual evidence or reasoned thought, so they chose to use childish remarks and words. They care little about the long term effect of those words and actions and simply deal in the moment and when it backfires on them they claim that their words were misunderstood or taken out of context. It is a shame that as a society we seem to have fallen into a quagmire of poor choices and seem to accept it as normal…
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Mothman,
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Absolutely! Trump and his supporters, including those in the GOP, are setting a horrible example for the younger generation.
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Whew, Good! I thought I had read where he had dropped out or was thrown out or whatever happens when social shaming WORKS! Ha! Good for Maine and Good for us!
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Mindyme,
Yes, he dropped out. The Nazi in Illinois running for GOP nomination unopposed has not dropped out, but there is a Democrat running against him in the general election in November.
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