“He called me a faggot is what he called me. And then I said, ‘What did you say?’ and he screamed it,” Jubelirer said. “That was just wrong. If he has an issue with me, that’s fine, but to use that term, ‘faggot,’ to me was a black mark, not only on him but the institution.”
The incident occurred around 10 p.m. after Republicans invoked an obscure parliamentary procedure to cut off debate on a package of changes to the slots-gambling bill passed in July. The move short-circuited the Democrats’ hopes of bringing up amendments of their own, and Fumo went ballistic, according to witnesses.
Good work, there, Fumo. You’re not helping anyone by cursing at them. Time to make ammends.