Michigan
Related: About this forum'Even Half Retarded, I'm A Jew With My Money,' Michigan GOP Lawmaker Texts
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:
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
(120,836 posts)TexasTowelie
(116,768 posts)I'm surprised that the relationship that he had with his colleague lasted four months.
Clash City Rocker
(3,541 posts)Hes a Republican, maybe he thinks thats too easy.
Diamond_Dog
(34,631 posts)I guess, to them, this kind of offensive bullshit is no big deal.
Thomas Hurt
(13,925 posts)PC, Woke, Cancel culture all the same thing. "Let me be a racist, discriminatory a-hole, I'm entitled"
lapfog_1
(30,149 posts)I question her judgement in even considering dating this asshole.
JohnSJ
(96,531 posts)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 wasnt 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
(16,331 posts)Harrison Twp. - Must be where all the anti-vax/anti-maskers reside.