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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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To: avenir; StAnDeliver

Now I remember this skit! Back when SNL was still funny.


41 posted on 03/17/2018 11:44:59 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Impala64ssa

That’s a sign yer old, that you remember when SNL was funny.

I resemble that remark.


42 posted on 03/18/2018 2:41:31 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Impala64ssa

Next step septum piercing, earlobe stretching?


43 posted on 03/18/2018 3:36:55 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: Impala64ssa

Social media claims another one.


44 posted on 03/18/2018 3:40:58 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Impala64ssa

Kinsley’s Law: A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.


45 posted on 03/18/2018 3:45:49 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Another reason to love Maine! Republicans with big mouths. He should have Trumped it out.


46 posted on 03/18/2018 3:49:10 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Impala64ssa

Oh the young communists! Mouth speaks but head is still empty


47 posted on 03/18/2018 4:00:03 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s got the creepy face of a cult leader........


48 posted on 03/18/2018 4:03:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Impala64ssa

It’s not a dumb remark. Possible the truth. She is a loser looking weirdo.


49 posted on 03/18/2018 4:32:06 AM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: napscoordinator

I went to dinner at a local restaurant last night and a woman was being feted on the occasion of her 106 birthday. 7:30 pm and she was out and about...blew our minds.


50 posted on 03/18/2018 5:33:04 AM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: Impala64ssa

What district was he running for? Knowing a bit about Maine (have 2 uncles in Maine), I hope there is another candidate to replace him...


51 posted on 03/18/2018 5:33:48 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: TalBlack

That is so great. I love hearing that. I don’t want to be 106...ever....however, I think it is wonderful for other people. lol.


52 posted on 03/18/2018 12:39:14 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Holy crap.....not to mention my atrocious Math skills.


53 posted on 03/18/2018 12:39:49 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Impala64ssa

And that takes talent ;-)


54 posted on 03/18/2018 8:38:20 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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