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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaine Governor Won't Apologize for Comment About Indians
Source: Associated Press
Maine Governor Won't Apologize for Comment About Indians
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGOR, Maine Apr 26, 2016, 1:45 PM ET
Maine's governor says he won't apologize for commenting on hard-to-understand workers from Bulgaria or India.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said his comment at the state party convention was "meant as a joke" but he acknowledged that "maybe it was a bad joke."
He told Maine's WVOM-FM on Tuesday that he's not politically correct and that he won't apologize for that. And he said that he's had difficulty trying to give an order in a restaurant with foreign workers, "period."
LePage was chuckling Saturday when he talked about foreign workers after criticizing a referendum proposal to raise Maine's minimum wage to $12. LePage supports raising the wage by a lesser amount.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGOR, Maine Apr 26, 2016, 1:45 PM ET
Maine's governor says he won't apologize for commenting on hard-to-understand workers from Bulgaria or India.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage said his comment at the state party convention was "meant as a joke" but he acknowledged that "maybe it was a bad joke."
He told Maine's WVOM-FM on Tuesday that he's not politically correct and that he won't apologize for that. And he said that he's had difficulty trying to give an order in a restaurant with foreign workers, "period."
LePage was chuckling Saturday when he talked about foreign workers after criticizing a referendum proposal to raise Maine's minimum wage to $12. LePage supports raising the wage by a lesser amount.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maine-governor-apologize-comment-indians-38682513
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Maine Governor Won't Apologize for Comment About Indians (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2016
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COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)1. I'd say LePage is an asshole, but
that would be patently unfair to assholes.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)2. I think that was an apology
but some people didn't understand it
Blue Dalek
(178 posts)3. An apology would not be any good if he
did not mean it. And I doubt he would. Fuck that guy
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. KamaAina Won't Apologize for Comment About Maine Governor
That no-good lying SOB!
eShirl
(18,494 posts)5. something's wrong in his head
seriously