Council member gives opponent ABC (already been chewed) gum
Posted September 21, 2017 7:00 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis City Council member has given one of her opponents something to chew over - a piece of chewed gum.
Twenty-year incumbent Lisa Goodman took the gum out of her mouth and handed it to challenger Teqen Zea-Aida before the start of a candidate forum Tuesday.
Goodman asked Zea-Aida: "Would you take my gum, please?"
Goodman tells the Star Tribune she couldn't find any paper to get rid of her gum and was just making a lighthearted comment. Zea-Aida wondered if Goodman was hinting he had bad breath and thought she was offering him gum.
Goodman says the challenger "looked at me like I was crazy," and she took the gum back out of his hand. The council member says it was "a simple attempt at humor" and apologized.
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