Republican candidate uses racial slur when trying to criticise racism
Source: Independent
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Andrew Buncombe New York
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6 hours ago
One of two candidates battling to become a Republican senator in Alabama used racial slurs during a speech in which he sought to denounce divisions based on race.
Roy Moore, a former chief justice on the state’s highest court and a man with a long record of controversial comments, referred to “reds and yellows” - slurs that referred to Native Americans and Asian Americans.
“We were torn apart in the Civil War - brother against brother, north against south, party against party. What changed,” Mr Moore said in a campaign speech that was filmed.
According to footage obtained by The Hill, he added: “Now we have blacks and whites fighting, reds and yellows fighting, Democrats and Republicans fighting, men and women fighting. What’s going to unite us? What’s going to bring us back together? A president? A congress? No. It’s going to be God.”
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-republican-racism-roy-moore-red-yellows-native-americans-speech-a7954396.html
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