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Candidate for Texas Governor Stands By Outspoken Musician
“He spews hate against our first African-American president and in return, Attorney General Greg Abbott welcomes him to the campaign trail,” Gilberto Hinojosa, the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, said of Mr. Nugent in a statement. “Is this how Abbott celebrates Black History Month?”
Gary L. Bledsoe, the president of the Texas N.A.A.C.P., said he was disappointed with Mr. Abbott “for opening his campaign to someone who spews such hate speech.”
Democrats had no shortage of comments or behavior from Mr. Nugent’s past at which to take offense. They called him a “sexual predator,” citing an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music” that stated he had admitted to liaisons with underage girls and had persuaded one girl’s mother to sign papers making him the girl’s legal guardian.
In April 2012, Mr. Nugent was interviewed by the Secret Service after he appeared to threaten Mr. Obama at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting by saying that if the president was re-elected, “I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/politics/candidate-for-texas-governor-stands-by-outspoken-musician.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140219
Gary L. Bledsoe, the president of the Texas N.A.A.C.P., said he was disappointed with Mr. Abbott “for opening his campaign to someone who spews such hate speech.”
Democrats had no shortage of comments or behavior from Mr. Nugent’s past at which to take offense. They called him a “sexual predator,” citing an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music” that stated he had admitted to liaisons with underage girls and had persuaded one girl’s mother to sign papers making him the girl’s legal guardian.
In April 2012, Mr. Nugent was interviewed by the Secret Service after he appeared to threaten Mr. Obama at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting by saying that if the president was re-elected, “I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/us/politics/candidate-for-texas-governor-stands-by-outspoken-musician.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140219
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