city portland maine throw pandemonium mural state bigoted governor deck full ku klux klan regalia appeared.the original graffiti art paint onto wall portland water district wastewater treatment plant feature maine gov paul lepage don trademark hood robe kkk give slew racist remark spew almost continuously image fairly fit next 6-foot-high liken lepage word racist homophobe moron governor last word list cross red line.city remove graffiti `` racist `` maine gov lepage wear kkk hood https //t.co/9kkhiusvpp pic.twitter.com/pnviajhiob talk point memo tpm september 2016the wall art spark string graffiti image since undergo several transformations portland resident mark reilly paint image white paint group women scrub cover-up 10pm tuesday image reduce lepage face mickey mouse ears head reference kkk go mural read hate hate hate city officials turmoil graffiti well portland mayor ethan strimling want image remove want reflective value strimling say tuesday kkk long problematic history state maine equate governor rhetoric much disagree step far wall belong portland water district remove graffiti wall decades treat public canvas city officials initially say intention remove image cite free speech late day water district spokeswoman michelle clements say city district general manager discuss do mural.strimling know odds republican governor clarify tuesday reason suggest mural remove nothing concern lepage frustrate next person governor rhetoric say appropriate trivialize kkk lepage bad habit let racism hang world see regular basis make headline months ago say black guy name shifty come state sell drug impregnate young white girls recently say war declare black people enemy days late hear rumor colleague call racist decide leave rant voicemail call cocksucker since promise never talk media less likely catch say racist things.featured image via wcvb mural gov lepage wear kkk garb maine city uproar image