Irish Catholic organization slams GOP for 'defaming' Irish Americans with 'toxic' tweet

[highplainsdem]

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434505-top-irish-catholic-organization-slams-gop-for-defaming-irish

The Ancient Order of Hibernians, the oldest Irish Catholic organization in the country, is denouncing a St. Patrick's Day tweet from the Republican National Committee that showed a photo of Beto O'Rourke's decades-old DWI mug shot, edited to show the former congressman in a leprechaun's hat.

The statement asks the Republican National Committee to issue a statement denouncing the tweet and apologizing to the Irish-American community.

“The Ancient Order of Hibernians are shocked and appalled that on St. Patrick’s Day, a day when America celebrates and honors the contributions that Irish Americans have made to our great country, the GOP would launch an attack on a prospective presidential candidate based solely on his Irish Heritage,” the Hibernians said in the statement.

The group blasted the tweet as a “scurrilous, stereotype-laced attack” and compared it to 19th century anti-Irish cartoons that permeated media at the time.

“This offensive meme is nothing more than a 21st-century version of the scurrilous anti-Irish cartoons of Thomas Nast,” the group said.

“The Hibernians had hoped that the days when a candidate’s Irish ancestry would be used as a campaign fodder were confined to the dark past; that today American political debate focuses on the issues, not the ancestry of a candidate,” they wrote. “Sadly, this toxic tweet from the GOP proves we were optimistic and premature in our beliefs.”

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[Tumbulu]

1. When I saw that on Facebook I really felt sickened

And it felt like I was whitnessing this old stereotype coming back.

And I hoped that it would backfire. But nothing ever seems to stop these guys. They are all Teflon coated.

[Cha]

2. It was stupid, racist, and

typical crap from the goPutin doormats.