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'Prove I'm a racist,' [ME Gov. Paul] LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker [to an actual duel] in obscenity-laced voice mail
'Prove I'm a racist,' LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Gov. Paul LePage left a state lawmaker from Westbrook an expletive-laden phone message Thursday in which he accused the legislator of calling him a racist, encouraged him to make the message public and said, "I'm after you." LePage sent the message Thursday morning after a television reporter appeared to suggest that Democratic Rep.
“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.”
via Mediaite




How embarrassing for a person in office to hurl expletives in an official capacity.
An update on this story from The Portland Press Herald:
Redditor here. If I were ever in a duel I'd shoot my opponent's hat off his head the second I turned around. It's a difficult shot, but one I'm sure I could pull off. It would be so embarrassing for the loser especially if his lady was in attendance!!