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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
3. Update...
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 04:53 PM
Oct 2013

GOP leader Don Yelton stands by racist comments in “Daily Show” interview

Article here: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/24/gop_leader_don_yelton_stands_by_racist_comments_in_daily_show_interview/


A must read article - they are trying to get him to resign and if he won't they are going to try to remove him.

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
13. According to TPM - this butthead resigned...
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 05:35 PM
Oct 2013

...

A Republican precinct chairman in North Carolina was asked to resign Thursday after making racially inflammatory comments during a 'Daily Show' interview on Wednesday, WRAL reported.

Buncombe GOP Chair Henry Mitchell said Don Yelton resigned for making remarks that were "offensive, uniformed and unacceptable of any member within the Republican Party."

In an interview centered on North Carolina's voter ID law conducted by the Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi, Yelton criticized "lazy black people that wants the government to give them everything."

"The bottom line is the law is not racist," Yelton said.


VIDEO: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-23-2013/suppressing-the-vote

THE REST:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nc-goper-fired-for-making-racist-comments-on-daily-show-video

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
14. What does the DOJ need to prove in its voter suppression lawsuit against this state?
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 07:34 PM
Oct 2013

Something about intent?

Lazy college students. Lazy blacks. I just watched the video via the N&O and I'm stunned. Not that people don't think this way, but that these MFers control this state. I hope to God there's a way out in 2014 and 2016.

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