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hschulein

(1,168 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:26 PM Apr 2016

Using his opposition to a proposed bill that raises the minimum wage in Maine to $12 in 2020 as a jumping-off point, the Tea Party governor of the state launched into a racist rant about immigrants while also attacking restaurant workers.

According to the Maine Beacon, Gov. Paul LePage made it clear at the state Republican Party convention this weekend that he would be raising “a little war” to prevent an increase in the minimum wage in a state where the average restaurant workers makes $8.72 an hour — which includes tips.

Full story: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/maines-tea-party-governor-goes-on-weird-racist-rant-about-minimum-wage-workers-from-bulgaria-and-india/

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