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Maine state candidate who called Parkland student 'skinhead lesbian' drops out of race
MSN news ^ | 3/17/18

Posted on 03/17/2018 7:53:02 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

A Republican running for the Maine state legislature is dropping out of the race following criticism for calling one of the survivors of last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school a "skinhead lesbian." Leslie Gibson announced on Friday that he was ending his campaign for the Maine House of Representatives, the Portland Press Herald reported. The former candidate said he made the decision after talking it over with friends and family, calling it "the best thing for everybody." "I am not walking away with my head hung low. I am walking away with my head held high," Gibson said, according to the Press Herald. The Maine resident had come under fire for his comments about survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. "There is nothing about this skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you're a frothing at the mouth moonbat," Gibson tweeted in response to a report about Parkland student Emma Gonzalez. Gonzalez, a high schooler who identifies as bisexual, has become a vocal advocate for gun control in the weeks since the shooting. Gibson had also criticized another Parkland student and pro-gun control activist, David Hogg, calling him "a baldfaced liar." A Republican running for the Maine state legislature is dropping out of the race following criticism for calling one of the survivors of last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school a "skinhead lesbian." Leslie Gibson announced on Friday that he was ending his campaign for the Maine House of Representatives, the Portland Press Herald reported. The former candidate said he made the decision after talking it over with friends and family, calling it "the best thing for everybody." "I am not walking away with my head hung low. walking away with my head held high,"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: banglist; paragraphs; parkland; skinheadlesbian
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DAMMIT! Forgot to put the link in the first post.
Seriously, dumb remark on Gibson's part, but, well....isn't she?

Sinead O Conner and Juan Valdez had an illegitiamte kid? Who knew? I'm thinking 14 ball side pocket.
1 posted on 03/17/2018 7:53:02 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Prolly true but sometimes ya gotta hold it in. 🙀👀😡
2 posted on 03/17/2018 7:54:55 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Very confused and mixed up kid..


3 posted on 03/17/2018 7:57:34 PM PDT by dpetty121263 (Crazy train)
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To: Impala64ssa

Speaking truth is not a desirable quality in a congress”person”.


4 posted on 03/17/2018 7:57:36 PM PDT by chris37 (Laws donÂ’t prevent criminals from committing crimes. Guns prevent criminals from committing crimes.)
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To: Impala64ssa

GOOD RIDDANCE, WIMP!!!!!!!!!


5 posted on 03/17/2018 8:00:54 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Impala64ssa

Which lesbian is she?

6 posted on 03/17/2018 8:07:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: rktman

And usually, you want a representative with more common sense...


7 posted on 03/17/2018 8:09:06 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: chris37

I guess not. I knew exactly who he meant before seeing the picture.


8 posted on 03/17/2018 8:10:28 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh that meme is perfection.


9 posted on 03/17/2018 8:11:04 PM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: Impala64ssa

Meanwhile, Democrats insult, disparage, and lie about Republicans with impunity.


10 posted on 03/17/2018 8:12:04 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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To: jospehm20

I didn’t know. I hadn’t seen this particular specimen of Parkland.


11 posted on 03/17/2018 8:13:59 PM PDT by chris37 (Laws donÂ’t prevent criminals from committing crimes. Guns prevent criminals from committing crimes.)
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To: Impala64ssa
"I've got chunks of guys like HOGG in my STOOL!"


12 posted on 03/17/2018 8:15:07 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Impala64ssa
Again the left wins and GOP has no spine .

BTW, Q-ball Dike and Sh*t Hogg are not "survivors". As far as I am aware they were not in the area. My facts could be off but my point remains. The word is a bastardization of language and facts. I guess the POS cops who stood outside "survived" also.

"NEVER let the crisis go to waste". We are hammered again.

13 posted on 03/17/2018 8:21:30 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Impala64ssa

Aw jeez, that’s worse than meeting with Farrakhan [/s. ]


14 posted on 03/17/2018 8:21:58 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Funeral-rally photo... what a surprise.


16 posted on 03/17/2018 8:24:54 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Impala64ssa

His description appears to be accurate.


17 posted on 03/17/2018 8:37:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Its a mild comment. I like people who tell it like they see it.


18 posted on 03/17/2018 8:38:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Rolled over and stomped into the ground for telling the truth.


19 posted on 03/17/2018 8:51:35 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Secret Agent Man

I live in Maine and I never heard of Leslie Gibson, but he spoke the truth.

Most members of the Maine House also have jobs in the private sector or own businesses, in addition to being in the Maine House, which is not always in session and does not pay very much.


20 posted on 03/17/2018 8:52:13 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (No DACA Caca....Send the Nightmares home. "Americans are Dreamers, too." President Trump)
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