Maine Gambling Control Unit (MGCU) Executive Director Milton Champion is back on the job after the state meted out discipline to him for social media posts that displayed a misogynistic attitude and defended a violent white supremacist group.
While Champion has apologized for the posts, questions remain about his fitness to fulfill the role moving forward. Champion may have learned to be more judicious about his conduct on social media but that is no guarantee that the attitudes behind his speech have changed.
In May, Champion issued two posts on social media that became the subject of an investigation. The first of them used a misogynistic slur and directed it toward women. The second addressed the violent actions of a white supremacist group at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and characterized them as being better than “burning down cities and looting stores.”
