GOP response to charges their party is animated by racism: BENGHAZI!!!!!
Top Democrat: 'Not All' Republicans Are Racist
Posted: 04/13/2014 12:05 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- "Not all" Republicans are racist, said Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) on Sunday, but "to a significant extent, the Republican base has elements that are animated by racism, and that's unfortunate."
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also suggested this past week that racism was a factor in the Republican party's opposition to immigration reform. "I think race has something to do with the fact that they're not bringing up an immigration bill," Pelosi told reporters, adding, "I've heard them say to the Irish, if it were just you, this would be easy."
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The debate over immigration reform threatens to divide the Republican party and weaken their electoral chances in November and in the 2016 presidential race.
Appearing on CNN with Israel, Rep. Greg Walden, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Israel's comments about race and his party and immigration were "wrong and unfortunate," but then quickly transitioned to less thorny topics.
The American people, Walden said, "want to know the truth about what really happened in the targeting of conservative truths by the IRS, they want to know what happened in Benghazi."
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