Maine GOP Chair Defends Himself: “I Play Basketball Every Sunday With A Black Guy”

Submitted by Cheston Catalano

Maine’s Republican chair Charlie Webster is defending himself from charges he’s racist after complaining about mysterious black voters casting election day ballots. You see, Webster has a black friend with whom he plays basketball every Sunday:

“There’s nothing about me that would be discriminatory. I know black people. I play basketball every Sunday with a black guy. He’s a great friend of mine.”

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.