— “Governor Compares I.R.S. to Gestapo, Again” (Reuters)
“Asked whether the I.R.S. ‘was headed in the direction of killing a lot of people,’ he answered, ‘Yeah.’” He really fucking said that.
(Source: The New York Times)
“ In an interview Thursday, [Maine Gov. Paul LePage] said: “What I am trying to say is the Holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and, frankly, I would never want to see that repeated. Maybe the I.R.S. is not quite as bad — yet.” Asked if he knew what the Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, did during World War II, including imprisonment and murder of millions of Jews, Mr. LePage said, “Yeah, they killed a lot of people.” Asked whether the I.R.S. “was headed in the direction of killing a lot of people,” he answered, “Yeah. ”
“Asked whether the I.R.S. ‘was headed in the direction of killing a lot of people,’ he answered, ‘Yeah.’” He really fucking said that.
(Source: The New York Times)