Wash. State Rep. Calls Arizona 'Racist Wasteland' After NFL Loss

[DonViejo]

CATHERINE THOMPSON – DECEMBER 23, 2013, 8:44 AM EST

A state lawmaker redefined what it is to be a poor sport Sunday after he called Arizona a "racist wasteland" for deafeating his home football team.

Washington state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D) tweeted the comment Sunday night after the Seattle Seahawks lost to the Arizona Cardinals.

"Losing a football game sucks," Fitzgibbon wrote in the now-deleted tweet, according to the Associated Press. "Losing to a desert racist wasteland sucks a lot."

Fitzgibbon later tweeted an apology, although he was not quite so repentant in an interview with the AP. "If folks are going to take that too seriously, then I'm sorry about that," Fitzgibbon told the AP.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wash-state-rep-calls-arizona-racist-wasteland-after-nfl-loss

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Arizona - The Southern Part More So IS A Racist/Bigoted Wasteland.

Why apologize for telling the truth. Dems have a problem with that. The same racists and bigots can say anything and get away with it.

[former9thward]

3. Nice painting with a broad brush.

What part of your state is a racist/bigoted wasteland?

[davidpdx]

5. Eastern Washington

The same with Eastern Oregon. Thankfully in both cases more people live in the western portion of the states.

[Aristus]

2. Come on, Congressman. I'm pissed about the loss, too. But don't start

adopting the attitudes of your ideological opposites.

We're better than that. We're Washingtonians.

[Jamaal510]

4. Chillax, man.

It's just a game. The Seahawks are on the verge of winning the NFC West and homefield advantage, and this guy's complaining about one measly loss? Shit, I wish my Raiders were in that position. Maybe he was drunk-tweeting or something.

[davidpdx]

6. Very classy

I hope the Seahawks lose next week so we can hear what he has to say about Missouri.

[bluedigger]

7. Good thing nobody heard me after the Patriots lost in Miami.