'Even Half Retarded, I'm A Jew With My Money,' Michigan GOP Lawmaker Texts

[TexasTowelie]

Republican Rep. Steve Marino of Harrison Township texted offensive messages about Asian, Jewish and gay people to a Democratic lawmaker he had a romance with, The Detroit News reports.

In one text, on Aug. 10, Marino, who is not Jewish and is of Italian descent, jokingly writes to state Rep. Mari Manoogian of Birmingham, that he would offer up her name as a possible sponsor of unpopular film credit legislation. After she complained, he wrote:

"If you can't capitalize on liberal Hollywood Jews then you have bigger concerns." In an Aug. 11 text, while complaining about money challenges, he wrote "even half retarded, im a Jew with my money."

The roughly 300 pages of texts, exchanged between July and September, were released as part of a public records request for information submitted by Michigan State Police to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office, which was considering filing charges. The prosecutor's office announced Tuesday that it won't file stalking charges against Marino because the case was not strong enough. Marino and Manoogian had ended a four-month romance in 2019.

Michigan State Police first began investigating possible stalking in September after Manoogian expressed concerns to lawmakers in leadership about texts from Marino.

Read more: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/29118/even_half_retarded_i_m_a_jew_with_my_money_michigan_gop_lawmaker_texts

[Ocelot II]

1. He sounds lovely; he actually managed to include two slurs in a single text.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Yep, he's a downright over-achiever.

I'm surprised that the relationship that he had with his colleague lasted four months.

[Clash City Rocker]

3. What, no slurs against black people or women?

He’s a Republican, maybe he thinks that’s too easy.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. And wing nuts complain about "woke" culture.

I guess, to them, this kind of offensive bullshit is no big deal.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. That is the point, to be a racist pig and not be challenged on it.

PC, Woke, Cancel culture all the same thing. "Let me be a racist, discriminatory a-hole, I'm entitled"

[lapfog_1]

6. she is a democrat.

I question her judgement in even considering dating this asshole.

[JohnSJ]

7. Growing up as a Jew in Iowa, I was constantly harassed with all kinds of slurs against Jews,

including those made by this jackass, Marino, with terms such as, “I got jewed, Jews are cheap, tight, etc.”

As I grew up, what I observed, it wasn’t Jews that were the “stingy” ones. In fact Jews as a demographic are more generous, and give more to charity, and volunteer their time per capita, than just about any other ethnic or religious group in America, regardless of their income level

This reminds me of a quote attributed by Mahatma Gandhi:

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

[llmart]

8. My lord, who votes for these awful excuses for a human being?

Harrison Twp. - Must be where all the anti-vax/anti-maskers reside.