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# 'I Don't Like Men.' Lawmaker Urged to Resign After Suggesting Colleague Is Gay

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_Published 2017-12-06. An outspoken and conservative Pennsylvania state lawmaker is the target of calls to resign or be demoted after he interrupted a committee meeting to accost his Democratic counterpart for touching his arm and suggest the man might be gay._


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## Transcript

There is a better way to do this guys. We don't have to proceed on this one. I hear you. I understand there's some hard feelings Daryl Metcalfe with for this. Look, I'm heterosexual, I have a wife and I love my wife. I don't like men as you might But don't stop touching me all the time. Like keep your hands to yourself. Like if you want to touch somebody, you have people on your side of the aisle that might like it. I don't. Chairman. Chairman. [ LAUGH ] Okay. We are officially off the rails. Let me throw out a A simple idea. My intent was just to beg for your permission for about 30 seconds. Then beg, don't touch.

[ LAUGH ] I don't know where we go from here really. Let me make a suggestion, that we do a motion to postpone till our next regularly called meeting of the State Government Committee, I think it's probably appropriate we have a sidebar to talk about some of the, what I'll call extraneous issues, that have been raised. I think we'd be wise to keep to the topic of as it turns out landlocked easements and roads and yeah I'm pretty much without any further comment that. Thank you. Could be constructive at this time. Thank you Representative Bradford.

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