America’s Craziest Governor Claims Drug Dealers With Funny Names Are Impregnating White Girls

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(NEWSER) – Maine Gov. Paul LePage is known for being outspoken, and equally outspoken critics are calling him a racist after remarks he made at a town hall meeting on Wednesday.

FILE - In this file photo made Sunday, May 6, 2012, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at the Maine GOP convention. In his effort to cut state spending, Gov. LePage proposed revamping the state’s Medicaid program. Supporters of the cuts say spending is unsustainable and that Maine provides Medicaid coverage to 35 percent more of the population that the national average. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) — FILE – In this file photo made Sunday, May 6, 2012, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at the Maine GOP convention. In his effort to cut state spending, Gov. LePage proposed revamping the state’s Medicaid program. Supporters of the cuts say spending is unsustainable and that Maine provides Medicaid coverage to 35 percent more of the population that the national average. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

When asked about the state’s drug problem, the Republican started talking about out-of-state drug dealers, saying “guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” come to Maine from New York and Connecticut, sell heroin, and leave, the Portland Press Herald reports.

“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 told the crowd.

Critics from both parties denounced LePage’s remarks. “This is one of the most blatantly racist statements he’s ever made,” moderate Maine Republican Lance Dutson tells the AP. “One of the things that’s offensive about it is that it’s reminiscent of this fearmongering in American history that people would like to think is long gone.”

On Thursday night, LePage’s communications director said LePage’s remarks had nothing to do with race. “His heart goes out to these kids because he had a difficult childhood, too,” he said in a statement. “We need to stop the drug traffickers from coming into our state.” Remember when the governor wondered whether or not your children could be employed?

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