Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said asylum seekers are “the biggest problem in our state” because they are bringing “hepatitis C, tuberculosis, AIDS, HIV, the ‘ziki fly,'” (sic) according to a Tuesday report from local radio station MPBN.
“Asylum seekers—I think the biggest problem in our state—and I’ll explain that to you,” LePage said at a town hall in Freeport, Maine.
Attendees yelled “Shame, shame” at LePage after he made the comment, according to MPBN News.
The governor then tried to explain that asylum seekers are not receiving proper medical assessments.
“And what happens is you get hepatitis C, tuberculosis, AIDS, HIV, the ‘ziki fly,’ (sic) all these other foreign type of diseases that find a way to our land,” he said, as quoted by MPBN News.
LePage is known for making hyperbolic statements about the problems he believes are plaguing Maine, including implying that black drug dealers are impregnating his white constituents and advocating for child labor.
He went on to hop onto his desk and scream, “They are after our precious bodily fluids! It’s just like invasion of the body snatchers!”
Edit to the above: There is no way LePage could hop up on anything.
He’s a charmer, that’s fer sure…
Is LePage a Chris Farley character?
Because Maine in February is very hospitable to tropical mosquitos…
Wait! That’s it! Mosque – mosqu-itos! It means little flying mosques! It’s all so clear now!
He’s like your crazy right-wing uncle, except that he can actually call a press conference and have people show up, as opposed to preaching to an audience of duck decoys in the den.