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TexasTowelie

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:58 PM Dec 2018

Latest Warren Mayor Tape Refers To 'Fags' And 'Rape' By Media

As Warren Mayor Jim Fouts prepares to run again in 2019, a new recording has surfaced that appears to disclose Fouts referring to homosexuals as “fags” and complaining that media efforts to reveal his true age were like being raped.

The voice on the recording obtained by Deadline Detroit matches the 76-year-old mayor’s distinctive voice, as did past audio tapes that surfaced which also revealed offensive Fouts slurs and rants. According to a former city employee, the newly released recording was made secretly in the mayor’s office.

On the recording, a snippet of a longer conversation, the mayor of Michigan’s third-largest city says:

“[This] is personal to me, just like being a ‘fag’ is personal to somebody, being fat is personal to somebody, being a, uh, a dimwit is personal to somebody. That is personal to me. It is very – it’s like I’ve been raped, like I’ve been accosted. Then the goddamn Warren Weekly …” At that point, the recorded segment abruptly ends. (Listen to actual recording below).


Attempts by Deadline Detroit to get a comment from the mayor were unsuccessful. Calls were placed to Richard Sabaugh, a top Fouts aide, who often handles inquiries from the press. Emails to the mayor’s office also went unanswered. Fouts denied it was his voice on the tape after this report was published.

Read more: http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/21247/selweski_latest_warren_mayor_tape_refers_to_fags_and_rape_by_media
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