On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention

[undeterred]

By Matthew DeFour | Wisconsin State Journal

Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, said Thursday he plans to hand out Ku Klux Klan hoods at the state Republican convention this weekend. Hulsey, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate whose bizarre antics have been on display for years, called the hoods — which are generally regarded as a racist symbol akin to a Nazi swastika — "Republican Party hats."

Asked whether handing out the hoods would be viewed as offensive, Hulsey said, "What I find offensive is Gov. Walker and the Republicans' racist record. They’re the ones considering the resolution to leave the United States." Democratic Party officials swiftly denounced Hulsey's idea. "We take serious issue with the policies pursued by Republicans that disproportionately affect communities of color, but this type of behavior has no place in the public dialogue," Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said. State GOP executive director Joe Fadness said: "If true, Brett Hulsey's actions amount to nothing more than a reprehensible, vile stunt and everyone should be outraged."

Hulsey, who posted on Twitter a photograph of the kind of hood he plans to distribute, said he takes issue with Republicans discontinuing record-keeping on racial profiling by police agencies, scaling back the income eligibility limits for Medicaid and making changes to voting policies that critics say could suppress minority turnout.

At its convention this weekend, the state Republican Party is expected to vote on a resolution affirming the state's right, in extreme circumstances, to secede from the union, an issue that sparked the American Civil War. Republican Party officials have said they don't expect the resolution to pass with the secession language. Hulsey said in addition to the hoods, which he hand-made from recycled material, he plans to hold a rally outside a Walker speech Friday with participants dressed as Confederate soldiers.


Rep. Brett Hulsey tweeted this photo of a Ku Klux Klan-style hood he says he will hand out at the state Republican party convention this weekend.

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Please send this guy to campaign camp.

[YarnAddict]

1. That's actually pretty ironic

considering the KKK was founded by Democrats, and the last KKK member to sit in Congress, Robert Byrd, did so as a Democrat. Just sayin'.

[SummerSnow]

2. Im sure there are current members of Congress part of the KKK as well.

I don't think Byrd was the last. But he denounced them,apologized and changed his views.

[dembotoz]

3. oh i dunno i kinda like the idea

it sure as hell would be fun

[a kennedy]

4. Brett Hulsey drops plan to hand out hoods....

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/brett-hulsey-drops-plan-to-distribute-klan-hoods/article_17317d1e-d614-5db1-b4c5-cb3060e3aaa2.html

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Good, but the damage is still done

While there are racial undertones with the recent polices from Grothman and other Republicans (e.g. Voter ID, Voting hours), it needs to be brought out into the light in more productive ways

[undeterred]

6. He was out in front of the convention last night

and a reporter asked him if he had ever really intended to hand out the hoods- he said no, I just said that to get your attention. It does not come off well.

[dembotoz]

7. the republicans are jim crow loving racist pigs--and hulsey had the balls to tell them