Maine Politician Calls A Parkland Student A "Skinhead Lesbian"
NY Times- A Republican candidate for the Maine State House who disparaged two teenage survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., dropped out of the race after drawing heavy criticism and challengers from both political parties.
The candidate, Leslie Gibson, had been running to represent District 57 in central Maine unopposed, according to The Sun Journal, which first reported the comments he made on Twitter. Mr. Gibson called one Florida student, Emma González, a “skinhead lesbian,” and another, David Hogg, a “moron” and a “baldfaced liar.”
Some state lawmakers, including at least two Republicans, were quick to condemn Mr. Gibson after his comments surfaced. Mr. Hogg issued a call on Twitter for someone to run against Mr. Gibson. By Thursday, two challengers who had been dismayed by the remarks were scrambling to complete the paperwork needed to run for the seat before the filing deadline that night.
By Friday, at least one Democrat, Eryn Gilchrist, and one Republican, Thomas H. Martin Jr., had entered the race and Mr. Gibson had withdrawn.
Talk about a heat check from Leslie Gibson. Dude was running unopposed and thought he could shoot out tweets from half court like LaMelo Ball. I guess you learn pretty quick that the word “skinhead” and “lesbian” should never be used together. Let alone to describe a teenager. Who just survived a shooting. Hey Leslie? What were you thinking man?
Oh, that makes sense. Anyone who takes THAT selfie and thinks, “bingo! I’m posting this” probably doesn’t have a great grasp on social media. WHERE IS HE LOOKING?! Sure, it’s a beautiful setting. Everybody loves the woods in Maine, especially in autumn. But your eyes, bro! They’re both so far off. This picture should be an automatic delete, but Leslie loved it. Probably wrote “skinhead lesbian” and loved that too. Whaaaaat a dick.
But the reason I wanted to write this story is to explain the state of politics in Maine, my home state. We have a SUPER conservative governor who looks like a turtle’s anus:
Dude, let go of your lips for a second. Guy seems like he’s constantly on the verge of shitting his khakis which, we all know, are the worst pants to shit.
Paul LePage is famous for saying things like “Sen. Jackson claims to be for the people, but he’s the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline.” He also told the NAACP to “kiss my butt,” and he said of Maine’s largest newspaper, “I want to find the Press Herald building and blow it up.” Needless to say, he doesn’t give a shit what he says. And when your state is led by a guy who says whatever he wants, it makes sense that this dickhead Leslie Gibson thought he could say/tweet this shit. But luckily, he can’t, and he resigned from the race.
Shoutout to the Parkland students, and especially Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg, for their use of social media to initiate change on gun violence. It seems like they’re finally being heard this time.