Maine mayor resigns after racist jokes leak from woman involved in affair

[Borealis]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shane-bouchard-lewiston-maine-mayor-resigns-today-after-racist-text-message-leaks-2019-03-08/

The mayor of Maine's second largest city has resigned in the wake of a controversy over his leaked text messages, one of which included a racist remark. Republican Shane Bouchard
stepped down as Lewiston's mayor effective immediately Friday morning. 

Text messages made public by a woman who said she had an affair with Bouchard when he was a mayoral candidate revealed a remark in which he describes elderly black people as
"antique farm equipment."

Heather Berube Everly said the two had an affair, and that she was the source of emails the Maine GOP used to attack Democratic opponent Ben Chin. Bouchard admitted making
mistakes but also decried media reporting on "rumors."

She worked for his opponent and gave him information

[Sableye]

it must be painful to be a republican in maine where people are too progressive for the new republican norm

[153x]

No not really. Almost everywhere outside of the population centers here are still very conservative.

[thatswordguy]

this is the most American scandal ever