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Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:46 AM Jun 2018

Anti-Gay Texas Mayor Complains of 'Ass-Chewings' Over Recall Petition

GROVES — Mayor Brad Bailey had a profanity-laced outburst Monday, June 11 while discussing a petition to recall gay City Councilman Cross Coburn.

“I’ve taken plenty of ass chewings, and I can take it, but I won’t be humiliated,” Bailey said during a council meeting in the Southeast Texas city.

Jill Pierce, Coburn’s attorney, attended the meeting with her client and began filming Bailey after he pointed at Coburn while discussing the petition. (Watch Pierce’s video below.)

Both Bailey and his wife signed a petition to recall Coburn, after the 19-year-old councilman was outed as gay by someone who sent his nude Grindr photos to City Hall in February. Bailey’s wife also allegedly helped circulate the petition.

Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2018/06/watch-anti-gay-texas-mayor-complains-of-ass-chewings-over-recall-petition/

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