Maine Gov. Paul LePage Compares Removing Confederate Statues to Losing 9/11 Memorial

Maine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of Confederate monuments to removing a monument to those who died in the 9/11 attacks. Suggested Reading The Real Tea Behind Tina Knowles, Mathew Divorce Suge Knight Claims Tupac’s Mother Made This Shocking Move in His Final…

Maine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of Confederate monuments to removing a monument to those who died in the 9/11 attacks.

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According to the Associated Press, LePage made the comments Thursday morning on WGAN-AM when asked for his reaction to the violent white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Va.

โ€œWhether we like it or not, this is what our history is, and to me itโ€™s just like going to New York City right now and taking down the monument of those who perished in 9/11,โ€ LePage said. โ€œIt will come to that.โ€

LePage argued that those who support the removal of a statue of Confederate Civil War Gen. Robert E Lee โ€œdonโ€™t even know the history of this country and they are trying to take monuments down.โ€

LePageโ€”who said he didnโ€™t hear about all the violence until Tuesday because he doesnโ€™t watch TV or read newspapers (???)โ€”did condemn the Ku Klux Klan and its supporters, but then went on to echo some of President Donald Trumpโ€™s rhetoric, saying that both sides are โ€œequally as bad,โ€ including those who were demanding the removal of the Lee statue.

โ€œI think what they are standing for is equally as bad; they are trying to erase history,โ€ LePage told WGAN. โ€œHow can future generations learn if we are going to erase history? Thatโ€™s disgusting.โ€

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

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