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'Even Half Retarded, I'm A Jew With My Money,' Michigan GOP Lawmaker Texts [View all]
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:
"If you can't capitalize on liberal Hollywood Jews then you have bigger concerns." In an Aug. 11 text, while complaining about money challenges, he wrote "even half retarded, im a Jew with my money."
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
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