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Well.....where is the MS media's outrage? What we just suppose to focus on the LA Clippers owner, Right? Any reason the MS media isn't all over this Racially Motivated talk being thrown out there by this Democrat?
On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention
Rep. Brett Hulsey tweeted this photo of a Ku Klux Klan-style hood he says he will hand out at the state Republican
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....snip~
Read more: On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention : Wsj
He did show up at the GOP Convention wearing a Southern Civil War Uniform.....but he didn't pass out the Hoods. So the Demos want to Start crashing conventions.....huh? What say ye?
On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention
Rep. Brett Hulsey tweeted this photo of a Ku Klux Klan-style hood he says he will hand out at the state Republican
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....snip~
Read more: On Politics: Brett Hulsey plans to hand out KKK hoods at Republican convention : Wsj
He did show up at the GOP Convention wearing a Southern Civil War Uniform.....but he didn't pass out the Hoods. So the Demos want to Start crashing conventions.....huh? What say ye?