WATCH: Congressman Tells Black Constituent He’s Not Sure The Civil Rights Act Is Constitutional

[SunsetDreams]

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), a freshman congressman aligned with the Tea Party, held a town hall Monday evening in Gainesville where he fielded a wide range of questions from constituents. One such voter was Melvin Flournoy, a 57-year-old African American from Gainesville, who asked Yoho whether he believes the Civil Rights Act is constitutional.

The easy answer in this case — “yes” — has the benefit of also being correct. But Yoho found the question surprisingly difficult.

“Is it constitutional, the Civil Rights Act?” Yoho repeated before giving his reply: “I wish I could answer that 100 percent.” The Florida Republican then went on to strongly imply it may be unconstitutional: “I know a lot of things that were passed are not constitutional, but I know it’s the law of the land.”

FLOURNOY: Do you think that any part of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 [sic], do you think any part of that is constitutional? And then if you’d discuss why. [...]
YOHO: This country grew through a lot of growing pain. We’re going through it again. As we grow as a country and prosper, we’re going to go through it again in the future. That’s why I’m so thankful for the Constitution because it allows us to do that. Is it constitutional, the Civil Rights Act? I wish I could answer that 100 percent. I know a lot of things that were passed are not constitutional, but I know it’s the law of the land.

more here:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/04/15/3426672/ted-yoho-civil-rights-act/





http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/15/1292171/-This-Is-How-We-Win-In-2014-GOP-Congressman-Believes-Civil-Rights-Act-Is-Unconstitutional

Folks, this is why we're going to win in 2014. We have to be aggressive in showing the electorate that this is the NORM for the Republican Party, not the exception. We need to show that the Yohos, the Steve Kings, the Louis Gohmerts, that those people are the true face of the Republican Party, while at the same time showing all that we are able to do, and HAVE done--minimum wage, paycheck fairness, health care, you name it.

It's a CHOICE election. And if they don't choose, they will LOSE.

[KamaAina]

1. They spelled his name wrong.

It's "Yahoo".

[SunsetDreams]

3. Yahoo!!!

Nothin' but air there...

Ya know?

[Rex]

2. Wowzers! That is like 10 pounds of failsauce. I don't think just one facepalm can cover it!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Truth is stranger than fiction

You can't make this shit up.

[Bandit]

5. I guess it depends on what the Extreme Court might think.

We thought the Voter's Rights Act was Constitutional also until the Extreme Court just ruled that part of it was not. We have people that are there for life that really could care less what you might think of them and their word is absolute.. Whatever they say we must follow. If they were to strike the Civil Rights Act down there would not be a thing anyone could do about it. Hell they could interpret the Constitution any damn way they please.