Another Maine Republican attacks Parkland survivors
Another Maine Republican has taunted one of the teens who survived the school shooting in Parkland, FL — this time, the mayor of Waterville, Nick Isgro, is going after David Hogg.
On Wednesday, Isgro quote tweeted an article about Fox News' president supporting host Laura Ingraham amid several of her major advertisers dropping her after she mocked Hogg for getting rejected from colleges.
"Eat it, Hogg," Isgro said in the since-deleted tweet. Isgro previously tweeted support for Ingraham, writing, "If you believe in attacking people’s livelihood because you don’t like their words, you don’t believe in a free society. You believe in a totalitarian marxist system of one party enforced beliefs. It also means you know your own message can’t stand up under scrutiny."
This isn't the first time a Maine GOP politician has mocked one of the teen activists on social media. In March, Republican Leslie Gibson, who was running uncontested for the state's House, called Emma González a "skinhead lesbian" and said she wasn't a "real survivor." Gibson later dropped out of the race after a woman, Eryn Gilchrist, stepped in to challenge him.
Isgro has not yet commented on his tweet, but Democrats in his state have been quick to call him out. “Barring the unlikely event that this tweet was somehow manufactured, Nick Isgro should be ashamed of his comment. Simply put, it is not representative of the people of Waterville," Chairman of the Maine Democratic Party Phil Bartlett said in a statement to Refinery29.
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