Helping Further the Worst Stereotypes of Southern Republicans…
People never cease to amaze: Nikki Haley called ‘raghead’ by political opponent.
State Sen. Jake Knotts, who backs Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer in the four-way Republican primary battle, made the remark during an interview on “Pub Politics,” a popular online political talk show in Columbia.
“We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion,” Knotts said, according to multiple people present for the broadcast.
Stay classy, Jake.
The reference, btw, was to the fact the Haley, now a practicing Methodist, was raised in a Sikh household.
At least as classy as the Souther Democrats used to be. The main problem is, without the slang, he is right. How many Muslims who do not believe or have an allegiance to the United States do you want to hold office?
Hey Steve, why did you not tell the whole story before painting all southern Republicans with a broad brush? Evidently you skipped ethics classes.
Zeldorf, that one sentence was enough. Your initial comment spoke volumes about what type of person you are. If those of your mentality don’t want to be thought of as refuse, then stop acting like the personification of it.
FYI, a “Southern Democrat” is no where near the image associated with national Democrats.
Sen. Knotts has revised and extended his remarks:
I think the reference to the bar is meant to imply that Knotts was drinking when he made these statements. Whether he was or not, if the quotes are accurate it is clear he was not joking when he said them the first time.
Yes Zelsdorf, the real victims here are the people who were once insulted by a Dixiecrat somewhere else. You’re like a human game of Pong, you deflect so instinctually. Interesting choice that you made. I would have expected the “the true bigots are the people who got upset by this” method.
What a macaca…
Some days, you wonder if the Republican party is looking to fail. Wonder if Knotts is aware if the history of Sikh’s resistance to Islamic occupiers, an article of faith that requires all believers be armed to defend others and other qualities that could make them a Republican constituency?
I’m a conservative. I thoroughly condemn the statements by Knotts. There is no room in intelligent debate for gross categorization of classes of people based on their ethnic background. While I may understand the frustration of having to play patty-cake with today’s PC police about calling the Islamic religion a religion of violence – which it is – Mr. Knotts should differentiate between fact and appearance, and not resort to calling Sikh’s pejorative names just because of their headgear.