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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 11:45 AM Jan 2017

Tea Party Gov. LePage says John Lewis should be thanking white Republicans for freeing the slaves

Source: RawStory


BRAD REED
17 JAN 2017 AT 11:00 ET

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) may be a civil rights icon, but Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage thinks he could use a history lesson on civil rights in the United States.

The Portland Press Herald reports that LePage slammed Lewis for questioning President-elect Donald Trump’s legitimacy during a regular appearance on a local talk radio show, and he said Lewis needed to show more gratitude to past white presidents who worked to free black people from slavery.

“John Lewis ought to look at history,” the governor told the George Hale and Ric Tyler Show on the Bangor-based radio station WVOM. “It was Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves, it was Rutherford B. Hayes and Ulysses S. Grant who fought against Jim Crow laws. A simple thank you would suffice.”

Christopher Cousins of the Bangor Daily News writes that LePage is simply incorrect when it comes to the history of Jim Crow laws, however, as Hayes agreed to “an informal deal after a contested election that gave him the White House in exchange for promising to pull Northern troops out of the South,” which thus “allowed Jim Crow laws to take root.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/tea-party-gov-lepage-says-john-lewis-should-be-thanking-white-republicans-for-freeing-the-slaves/



Maine governor to Rep. John Lewis: You need a history lesson

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine Gov. Paul LePage says U.S. Rep. John Lewis needs a history lesson and should be grateful for all that presidents have done for black people.

The Republican governor on Tuesday addressed Lewis criticism that GOP President-elect Donald Trump is not a legitimate president. LePage, whos white, said on WVOM-FM that the black Democratic Georgia congressman needs a lesson on how presidents freed the slaves and fought against Jim Crow laws. LePage says, A simple thank you should suffice.

Lewis was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. He suffered a fractured skull while leading the march in Selma, Alabama.

LePage also had harsh words for a Maine congresswoman who, like Lewis, is skipping the inauguration. He says Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree should resign if she doesnt attend.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/01/17/maine-governor-to-rep-john-lewis-you-need-a-history-lesson/
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Tea Party Gov. LePage says John Lewis should be thanking white Republicans for freeing the slaves (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Jan 2017 #1
All due respect angrychair Jan 2017 #36
I can't even.... MaeScott Jan 2017 #2
.... secondwind Jan 2017 #3
What about the slavery and institutional racism that various Presidents orchestrated? DetlefK Jan 2017 #4
"A simple thank you should suffice" - what an asshole. (nt) ehrnst Jan 2017 #5
What an entitled asshat! Akamai Jan 2017 #6
Why isn't this guy out maxrandb Jan 2017 #7
Gotta love the whitesplainers. johnp3907 Jan 2017 #8
No kidding. Boy do the racists hate having Shitler called out! nt SunSeeker Jan 2017 #12
Man, ain't that the truth Lithos Jan 2017 #37
Welcome to public education under Betsy DeVos Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #9
+1! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #30
Paul LePage needs ... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #10
Paul LePage needs an enema. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #11
I think there are some assholes that you could never clean the shit from. logosoco Jan 2017 #13
There would be nothing left. FSogol Jan 2017 #22
LePage is the result of an enema... fantase56 Jan 2017 #28
He is the result of a three way race where liberals didn't unite for the Democrat NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #47
Paul LePage is an unrepentant asshole IronLionZion Jan 2017 #14
Trump and LePage in the same place HopeAgain Jan 2017 #27
Good one! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #31
Thanks. I needed a good laugh................ Old Vet Jan 2017 #48
He's termed out soon crazycatlady Jan 2017 #45
Paul LePage is only second to Der Orange Fuhrer in assholeness. Vinca Jan 2017 #15
That man's an awful fool. redwitch Jan 2017 #16
He's one of my heroes you damn idiot! hibbing Jan 2017 #17
This is the guy who said.... Tanuki Jan 2017 #18
said Paul LePage... dhill926 Jan 2017 #19
That's rich! The Liberal Lion Jan 2017 #20
Jeezus Christ. GoCubsGo Jan 2017 #21
My thoughts as well. MBS Jan 2017 #40
LePage is truly a very stupid person Gothmog Jan 2017 #23
No IQ tests required to be an elected official in America. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #24
Wow. SMFH MrScorpio Jan 2017 #25
Lepage republicans had nothing to do with freeing the slaves and now they are the OPPRESSORS. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #26
These people have no concept of "the wrong side of history" displacedtexan Jan 2017 #29
This guy is blessed with 2naSalit Jan 2017 #32
(Reads title of this article, silently screams and throws things) Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #33
Big shout-out to Maine folks from Texas Democrats..... Paladin Jan 2017 #34
By "needs a lesson" DK504 Jan 2017 #35
I think LePage is the one who needs the history lesson jmowreader Jan 2017 #38
LOL Skittles Jan 2017 #39
Yeah Because That Republican Party. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #41
But they get mad if you call them racists. Rex Jan 2017 #42
Thank God republicans won The Civil War. keithbvadu2 Jan 2017 #43
Paul LePage The Wizard Jan 2017 #44
Not at all surprised...LePage out-Trumped Trump years before Trump was Trumping NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #46

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

angrychair

(8,733 posts)
36. All due respect
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:50 PM
Jan 2017

It's not an opinion. He is factually incorrect. Hayes and Grant did not fight or remove Southern Jim Crow laws. Even the best interpretation of events would show that their actions and inaction, made it worse.

Isaac Asimov said:

"...constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Newsweek, 1980

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
4. What about the slavery and institutional racism that various Presidents orchestrated?
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 11:51 AM
Jan 2017

Should African-Americans say "thank you" for that as well?

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
7. Why isn't this guy out
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 11:53 AM
Jan 2017

trying to stop "dark skinned drug dealers from impregnating white Maine girls"?

yeah, that's an actual quote from Le'Asshole

Freethinker65

(10,057 posts)
9. Welcome to public education under Betsy DeVos
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 11:55 AM
Jan 2017

Soon that is what our nation's children will be taught. There was no civil rights movement.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
13. I think there are some assholes that you could never clean the shit from.
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:07 PM
Jan 2017

This man (and many others like him) are full of it all the way to their souls and nothing will ever clean them up!

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
47. He is the result of a three way race where liberals didn't unite for the Democrat
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 09:39 PM
Jan 2017

And too many voted for Eliot Cutler.

There is a very serious danger to go third party when a diabolical asshole is the potential winner.

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
14. Paul LePage is an unrepentant asshole
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:19 PM
Jan 2017

and there is no hope for him. If Mainers ever throw him out he'll probably get a job in Trump's administration

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
27. Trump and LePage in the same place
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:04 PM
Jan 2017

would create such a vacuum of intelligence that a black hole might form.

Vinca

(50,308 posts)
15. Paul LePage is only second to Der Orange Fuhrer in assholeness.
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:21 PM
Jan 2017

And I think he has him beat on the loony factor.

redwitch

(14,947 posts)
16. That man's an awful fool.
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:22 PM
Jan 2017

Jeezus. I am never surprised when he says or does something awfully foolish. It's just who he is. I hope the people of Maine ditch him at their earliest opportunity.

hibbing

(10,109 posts)
17. He's one of my heroes you damn idiot!
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:27 PM
Jan 2017

The alternative universe these idiots live in is astonishing.

Peace

Tanuki

(14,921 posts)
18. This is the guy who said....
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:32 PM
Jan 2017
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37204837?client=ms-android-att-us

"Mr. LePage said he was "enormously angry" at being called a racist, and restated his earlier remarks which cast Maine's drug problem in racial terms.

He said: "When you go to war, if you know the enemy and the enemy dresses in red and you dress in blue, then you shoot at red."

He added: "You shoot at the enemy. You try to identify the enemy and the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of colour or people of Hispanic origin."

Leading Democrat figures are now calling for the governor to step down."

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
29. These people have no concept of "the wrong side of history"
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:10 PM
Jan 2017

They'll just have to learn the hard way. Too bad about their offspring. Herbert Hoover's granddaughter learned this lesson when she tried to have textbook chapters about Grandpa changed. She failed.

2naSalit

(86,798 posts)
32. This guy is blessed with
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:31 PM
Jan 2017

two anal sphincters, one is above the neck tie, right out in the open for all to see and hear the butt soup that emits whenever it's used.

Paladin

(28,275 posts)
34. Big shout-out to Maine folks from Texas Democrats.....
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:32 PM
Jan 2017

for making our republican office-holders look (very)slightly less asshole-ish, by comparison.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
38. I think LePage is the one who needs the history lesson
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 02:25 PM
Jan 2017

When Lincoln was president, people who think like Paul LePage would have been Democrats. When northern liberals embraced this party, all the LePages in America fled to the GOP.

ProfessorGAC

(65,194 posts)
41. Yeah Because That Republican Party. . .
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jan 2017

. . .was just like the current republican party. Did i say "just like"? I meant completely the opposite.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
42. But they get mad if you call them racists.
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 03:01 PM
Jan 2017

FUCK Paul LePage! Ignorant asshole talking about history and making up shit as he goes!

Again, FUCK Paul LePage! Fuck him right in the ear!

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
46. Not at all surprised...LePage out-Trumped Trump years before Trump was Trumping
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 08:28 PM
Jan 2017

I recently stated that LePage is the absolute worst governor in the history of the country. He is stupid, a raging asswipe, hires his own family members, ignores the law and thinks he's above it, bullies, threatens and acts the ass. He even left a drunken profanity laden voice mail to another state politician threatening him because the lawmaker called him a racist.

Ironically, I don't think LePage is actually a racist...he's an equal opportunity asshole...he's miserable to everyone. If I passed him on the street I'd kick him in the balls. I despise him that much.

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