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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 11:28 AM Sep 2014

Wisconsin Republican Drops Out Of State Assembly Race Over 'F*gs,' 'N***ers' Remarks

A 19-year-old Wisconsin Republican running for state assembly dropped out of his race after admitting to using offensive language on social media.

On Sept. 11, Jacob Dorsey apologized for a "hurtful" tweet that said, “f*gs need 2 leave my favorite state alone.” He dropped out of the race Wednesday after admitting he'd used other offensive language while referencing black people and gay people in YouTube comments.

“I have decided to withdraw from the race due to insensitive remarks that have surfaced from years past,” Dorsey told the Janesville Gazette. “This race has been extremely hard on my family and myself.”

According to TPM, comments posted Dorsey included the quotes "f*ck Abraham Lincoln" and "N***ers trash cars. I'm not selling my town car to one..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/jacob-dorsey-drops-out_n_5837730.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

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Wisconsin Republican Drops Out Of State Assembly Race Over 'F*gs,' 'N***ers' Remarks (Original Post) joeybee12 Sep 2014 OP
One less Faux pas Sep 2014 #1
Yep shenmue Sep 2014 #3
The "insensitive remarks" that were made "in years past" The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #2
"Years past"? Dude you're fucking 19! tkmorris Sep 2014 #4
Maybe this will stop 30 plus years of having to deal with this idiot! redstatebluegirl Sep 2014 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
2. The "insensitive remarks" that were made "in years past"
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 11:39 AM
Sep 2014

were made in December of 2013. Nine months ago. Maybe to a 19-year-old nine months might seem like a long time, but come on...! He's trying to make his nasty-ass bigoted attitude sound like something from the distant past, when in reality it's proof that he's in fact a nasty-ass teenaged bigot. What a douche..

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)
4. "Years past"? Dude you're fucking 19!
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 11:43 AM
Sep 2014

What kind of a dillhole thinks he's ready to run for the State Assembly at 19 anyway?

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