Maine gov denies that remarks on drug dealers, ‘white girl’ were racist
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Friday denied that his remarks this week about protecting “young white” girls from out-of-town drug dealers were racist.
During a news conference in Augusta, LePage told reporters he meant to say “Maine women,” according to The New York Times, noting that Maine is “97 percent white.”
{mosads}“You guys look for the sound bite,” LePage accused the media. “You’re not helping us with the drug deals. You’re not helping us to really make it a major issue. You’re more interested in reporting that the legislature and the governor disagree. Yeah, we disagree.”
“Am I perfect? No. If I were perfect I would be a reporter,” LePage added, according to the Times.
“Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue we have to deal with down the road,” he added Wednesday.
“I don’t know if they’re white, black, Asian. I don’t know,” LePage clarified Friday of the drug dealers.
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