8/20/20
If you had your ear to the ground in Hoosier politics this week, you might have heard something interesting:
"We're also facing another kind of virus that's equally voracious, and it's in turn forcing us to a reckoning as a state and nation -- one that's built on 'equality for all.'
I'm talking about cases of racism -- sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle -- that have led to inequity and exclusion, that have plagued our country throughout our storied history."
No, that's not a line from Kamala Harris' DNC acceptance speech. It's Indiana's Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.
"We now stand at an inflection point, and we have an opportunity to acknowledge those past wrongs, learn from our history and admit where we've come up short of our ideals.
"And yet, it's just a fact, the concept [that all men were created equal] wasn't put into practice even before the ink was dry. Quite the contrary. Laws were established that classified African Americans
as 'property' and prevented women from voting. There's nothing equal about that."
Holcomb delivered this address this week, as he announced a slate of new measures to work toward racial equity -- all made in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. Holcomb's proposals include equipping all frontline state troopers with body cameras by next spring, creating a public dashboard with racial disparity data and adding a new Cabinet post called the chief equity, inclusion and opportunity officer.It's important to remember the political context. Holcomb is up for reelection this November. His Democratic challenger is Dr. Woody Myers -- the first Black major party candidate for governor in the state's history. Yet the Indiana governor's office is reliably red, and the race isn't particularly close. "Indiana's Republican governor stood up in front of his red state and drew a straight line from slavery to COVID-19 disparities," tweeted Indy Star metro columnist James Briggs. "If you don't think that counts as progress, try to imagine Mike Pence giving that speech."
This GOP governor's stirring comments on racism
The point is made. Holcomb is pointing out Indiana challenges that Pence never acknowledged.
This GOP governor's stirring comments on racism
The point is made. Holcomb is pointing out Indiana challenges that Pence never acknowledged.
I don't think this guy actually knows what he's talking about. This speech almost seems to mirror one of those intro-progressive movement speeches you would see right before Obama was elected and even before Trump was elected.
It's mostly a speech that shows just how blind the speaker is to what has actually been transpiring in this country. That slavery has been a long and gone conclusion, one that everyone agreed is bad and that should be abolished everywhere it is found. He also doesn't make the effort to actually point out exactly what this whole "Chief equity" position is going to actually entail, or I missed an explanation somewhere.
What is so surprising, or out of place here?
The man is apparently against racism and all for keeping the police accountable for their own actions. Though the "racial disparity data & the equity chief position" sound like two things that are just going to bite him in the ass.
This GOP governor's stirring comments on racism
The point is made. Holcomb is pointing out Indiana challenges that Pence never acknowledged.
RINOs lol...
How so?
According to trumpists he is a rino
Other than you, who said that? No one? Cool.
RINOs lol...
Read what i quoted.i really dont care if you want to deny there is a problem in your party, it will just become an incredibly small party over time.
This GOP governor's stirring comments on racism
The point is made. Holcomb is pointing out Indiana challenges that Pence never acknowledged.
No surprise. He is a Republican.
That IS the surprise.
The party of black voter suppression.
I don't think this guy actually knows what he's talking about. This speech almost seems to mirror one of those intro-progressive movement speeches you would see right before Obama was elected and even before Trump was elected.
It's mostly a speech that shows just how blind the speaker is to what has actually been transpiring in this country. That slavery has been a long and gone conclusion, one that everyone agreed is bad and that should be abolished everywhere it is found. He also doesn't make the effort to actually point out exactly what this whole "Chief equity" position is going to actually entail, or I missed an explanation somewhere.
Jobs 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
Pslams 7:16
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
I watched the speech. I believe he really means it. Wow.It is refreshing to see any Republican leader, especially the Governor of a deeply red State and home of the KKK, make such broad and cogent statements and take action to execute on those words. I think he sees what a post-Trump GOP should look like. I don't know if it is hope, principle or opportunity, but I'll take it (for now).
They arent conservatives they are trumpsters. There is a big difference
Conservative comes out and tries to address inequality: Conservatives be like, "Whatta jerk."
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