Republican who said Demos cater to pot-smoking gay gamblers from Guatamala busted for possessing grass

Rep. Robert A. Watson

Earlier this year, Rhode Island House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson, speaking to the Providence Chamber of Commerce, made some rather inflammatory comments about his Democratic colleagues. “I suppose if you’re a gay man from Guatemala who gambles and smokes pot, you probably think that we’re onto some good ideas here.”

He was quickly forced to apologize. But his apology was not the end of the story.

Last Friday. as he was tooling down a highway in East Haven, Conn., he was pulled over at a routine checkpoint. The police arrested him on the spot and charged him with posession and driving under the influence of marijuana.

 

At least he didn’t have a Guatemalan gambler in the car with him.