After the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio that took the lives of dozens of innocent people, Nebraska Republican Rep. John McCollister tweeted that the GOP is allowing racism to breed in the party. “I of course am not suggesting that all Republicans are white supremacists nor am…
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Charlotte, Host City of 2020 Republican Convention, Condemns President’s Racist Comments
In 2020, Charlotte, North Carolina will be the host city for the Republican National Convention (RNC). In a bold move, on Monday, the Charlotte City Council passed a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s “racist and xenophobic comments”. The resolution passed 9-2. According to The Washington Post, all nine of the…
Republican Lawmaker Gets Called Out for Using Black Woman as ‘Prop’
During Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, President Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, called him a racist. Republican members of the committee defended Trump, including Rep. Mark Meadows, who brought with him HUD official Lynne Patton, who is Black. “You made some very demeaning comments about the president that Ms. Patton…
Kavanaugh Supporter Compares Attempted Rape Claims to 'Rough Horseplay'
Carrie Severino, spokesperson for the Judicial Crisis Network, questioned Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations of Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior in high school saying 35-year-old memories could be of just “rough horseplay” instead of attempted rape. When a CNN anchor challenged Severino’s description of Ford’s account as a range of behaviors from boorish…
White Male Candidate in Georgia Suppressing Black Votes for Black Woman Challenger by (Ab)using People with Disabilities
UPDATE: Aug. 24, 2018 at 10:15 p.m. ET On Friday, a Georgia elections board blocked a bid to close most polling places in Randolph County, a predominantly Black county, after critics called it a blatant attempt to undercut Stacey Abrams, who could become the country’s first Black woman governor. The…
White Male Candidate in Georgia Suppressing Black Votes for Black Woman Challenger by (Ab)using People with Disabilities
UPDATE: Aug. 24, 2018 at 10:15 p.m. ET On Friday, a Georgia elections board blocked a bid to close most polling places in Randolph County, a predominantly Black county, after critics called it a blatant attempt to undercut Stacey Abrams, who could become the country’s first Black woman governor. The…
Judicial Nomination Withdrawn for man who Called Tolerance and Diversity Worse Than Nazi Bookburning
A conservative nominee for federal court has had his nomination withdrawn after not even enough Republicans could get behind voting for him. Ryan Bounds garnered attention when people was made aware of articles he wrote during his undergraduate days at Stanford University. In his writings he attacks tolerance and diversity,…
Famous Nevada Brothel Owner Wins GOP Primary
An official pimp is now an official state assembly nominee in the Republican Party, which refers to itself as the party of family values. Dennis Hof, star of the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” the owner of at least six legal brothels in Nevada and author of “The Art of…
Video: Diversity is 'Un-American,' a 'Bunch of Crap,' Says Republican Congressional Candidate
In a room of among many of his peers — white, male conservatives — Seth Grossman pleaded his case that diversity threatens the “traditional ways that made America great” and is a “bunch of crap” supported by Democrats and communists. Grossman is a Republican running for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional…
Trump Uses Kids as Pawns for Immigration
It has been one of his most potent tactics ever since his ride down the Trump Tower escalator now more than two years ago, painting innocent immigrants as callous criminals and blaming his liberal foes for not doing all they allegedly could do to keep them out. Now he is…