Maine Governor Paul LePage Calls Lawmaker A Cocksucker On Voicemail, Challenges Him To A Duel
Excellent voicemail from my new favorite governor Paul LePage pic.twitter.com/nYXTu2DnkL
— Sam Riggs (@RiggsBarstool) August 26, 2016
So this is making the rounds today. Amazing voicemail. The feud stems from when LePage took some heat for some potentially racially charged comments. He was commenting on drug trafficking issues in Maine and, in describing the guys that do the trafficking, finished with something to the tune of saying how awful it is that half the time “they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave.”
He clarified after, saying that he meant “Maine girls” not white girls. He also refused to apologize and pointed out that Maine is indeed 95% white. Of course, people jumped all over his case and called him a racist. He did not like this and one of the ways he’s responded to claims of racism is this voicemail.
When asked about the voicemail, he said this (Press Herald):
“When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825,” LePage said. “And we would have a duel, that’s how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes, because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he’s been in this Legislature to help move the state forward.”
Annnd Governor LePage is now my new favorite governor. Love him. Can’t get enough of him. Don’t care about his politics. I have to guess anyone that’s heard this voicemail has absolutely no problem with it right? It was perfect. It was old-fashioned. It was straight to the point. You have a problem with a guy? Call him up and call him out. Challenge him to a duel. He simply called the guy a cocksucker a couple times because the snot-nosed little runt called him a racist after he spent his whole life helping black people. What’s wrong with that? Nothing.
Also, extra points for calmly closing with “Thank you.” What a nice touch. Love me a hardass governor with some manners. Shocked he’s not the governor of Mississippi or something.