Well, this just makes our weekend. Not only did Maine's newly famous Republican hater Leslie Gibson get a Democratic opponent for the state house this week — he's quit the race.
Perhaps Gibson's lack of a Democratic competitor was what emboldened him to vilely tweet about Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez. "There is nothing about that skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you're a frothing at the mouth moonbat," he said. He later tried to apologize and deleted his Twitter account, but the cat, as they say, was already out of the bag.
Then yesterday, Democrat Eryn Gilchrist filed to run against him. Sore loser Leslie — who, we must point out, hasn't even lost anything yet — folded his tent today.
We're actually sorry to see him go. We would have loved watching him for the next eight months, stumbling all over himself in contrition — because of course the Parkland kids, and everyone else on social media, were never going to let him off the hook.
On the other hand, there's another Republican candidate contesting the seat, so who knows what would have happened to ol' Les? Let's just say that we're damn glad we have a candidate in that race. State houses matter. Go, Eryn! We cats PURR.
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