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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,881 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:32 PM Nov 2018

Upstate NY mayor stands by remarks calling Democratic voters 'retarded'

A mayor in upstate New York is standing by his social media post calling Democratic voters "retarded" before Election Day, according to local outlet The Post Star.

Denis Langlois, mayor of the 6,500 residents of Fort Ann, has faced backlash after writing on Facebook, "If anyone that I know vote [sic] for a Democrat on Tuesday you should sign yourself into the Mental Health unit at your local Hospital because you are retarded and need help, Vote Republican and 'Keep America Great'!"

Langlois told The Post Star that he has "no regrets" for what he wrote.

"I live for myself and what I believe in," Langlois told the newspaper. "I have no regrets on what I say. I never have regrets on what I say. I believe what I believe."

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/415751-upstate-ny-mayor-stands-by-calling-democratic-voters-retarded

Sounds like Mayor Langlois is still in grade school or at least never matured past that point.

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Upstate NY mayor stands by remarks calling Democratic voters 'retarded' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Nov 2018 #1
Some People are Just Ignorant and Proud of It. Their Minds are Inflexible and Cast in Cement. dlk Nov 2018 #2
Jerk! calimary Nov 2018 #3
Well that's what Fox programmed the GOP intellectual giant to say no doubt workinclasszero Nov 2018 #4

Gothmog

(145,086 posts)
1. Who is surprised by this?
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:34 PM
Nov 2018

I was busy protecting the vote on election day. I have met a number of GOP types who are proud of their efforts to suppress the vote.

dlk

(11,541 posts)
2. Some People are Just Ignorant and Proud of It. Their Minds are Inflexible and Cast in Cement.
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:34 PM
Nov 2018

How pathetic!

calimary

(81,197 posts)
3. Jerk!
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:35 PM
Nov 2018

I, TOO, have no regrets on what I say. I, TOO, never have regrets on what I say. I, TOO, believe what I believe. And I say you're a JERK, Langlois.

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