After outcry, Minnesota GOP deletes tweet about 'Negro problem'

[Newsjock]

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A tweet sent out yesterday by the Seventh Congressional District Republicans with a message the DFL called "racist and bigoted" has been taken down and the DFL Party chair has asked the Minnesota GOP to apologize to the people of Minnesota.

"MN #DFL now propose a "special session" to deal with their self-created "#negroproblem" the tweet, which was posted last night, said. It linked to a Facebook message that was also apparently taken down.

Last week, Minnesota DFL leaders said that black joblessness and poverty should be part of a proposed legislative special session to be held later this year or early next year. The DFL proposal comes at a time when Black Lives Matter Minneapolis has had sustained protests outside the 4th Precinct in North Minneapolis for a week over the fatal police shooting of a black man, Jamar Clark.

"Regrettably these comments have become commonplace in the Republican party and it should be no surprise that they are now an accepted and normal part of their conversation," DFL Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement Monday night. "There is absolutely no place for this kind of ugly language in our state and we call on Chairman Downey to apologize to the people of Minnesota for the racist and bigoted comment from the Minnesota 7th Congressional District Republican Party."

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/cd-7-republicans-take-down-racist-tweet-about-proposed-special-session/353162601/

[trumad]

1. Unreal---

These people really want to go back to the 1950's.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. It sounds more like they really want to go back to the 1930s

Republicans already try to stop blacks from voting. What's the next step in quest for a solution to the Negro problem?
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[LiberalArkie]

20. They really can't help themselves, they were born that way.

I think that is one of the reasons peaceful protests work well against conservatives. Given enough time they always get their foot, ankle, shin and all the rest in their mouth.

[Ed Suspicious]

30. No, I think racism is learned behavior.

[LiberalArkie]

31. Probably so. I do really believe that some people are born hateful. My brother was.

It was first nature to hate people. He is the youngest and hated me and my older sister from the day that he was born. And I don't mean dislike either.

[nxylas]

28. Even down to the language they use

Who the hell still says "negro"?

[Scuba]

2. Anyone who believes racism is a "southern problem" in America is terribly wrong.

[Orrex]

21. Ain't that the goddamn truth!

It's tempting to think that the racists are all safely tucked below the Mason-Dixon Line, but it's a pox on the entire nation. One need look no further than the open and abject hatred of the Syrian refugees to see American racism laid bare, but that's only one obvious example of the whites-only sentiment that's rampant throughout our fine society.

No state is innocent, and the guilt sure as hell isn't confined to the ex-confederacy.

[AlbertCat]

29. Anyone who believes racism is a "southern problem" in America is terribly wrong.

No kidding!

Obama's election really brought out the bigots everywhere.

I think the West is worse than the South these days.

[bayareaboy]

38. How about just as bad, as the south...

I've lived, up here in Placer County for three years now and I have to agree.

Lots of Ya-whos who seem to think that every other race is somewhat inferior to them. I think a lot of this goes back to the gold rush.

[Spazito]

3. Geez...

Beyond disgusting.

[KamaAina]

4. Michele? Is that you?

[Snobblevitch]

8. Wrong district.

[47of74]

12. Didn't she move at one point?

So that she could be in a teabagger district?

[Snobblevitch]

14. She was always in another congressional district.

[bulloney]

17. She was always from another planet.

[mascarax]

22. Redistricting

No, she didn't move - but they nicely gerrymandered for her to keep her seat safe.

[Snobblevitch]

27. The district borders for Minnesota comgressional districts are always decided by a panel of judges.

The DFL and GOP submit their maps and then the judges attempt a compromise.

[mythology]

5. I get that they think this crap

But how are they repeatedly stupid enough to keep saying it out loud?

[jwirr]

6. And now we have the shooting in Minneapolis. When are

these fear mongers going to get it?

[bravenak]

7. Very sad.

[lpbk2713]

9. If it's deleted, then it never existed. That's how they would see it.

Any screenshots were created by Libruls just to make them look bad.

They have said it before and they will say it again.

[rpannier]

23. Also...

it's taken out of context
it's a joke
it's a winning argument

-British business crank Varney from faux spews

[Snobblevitch]

10. The repubican staffer who sent this tweet has been fired.

[47of74]

11. Sounds to me like the MN GOP has a dumb fuck problem.

And for once they took care of it.

[Snobblevitch]

15. I don't know if it's a MN GOP thing or a local thing.

My guess is the latter.

[wolfie001]

16. A quick look at the repuke numbskulls running for prez says......

.....that it's a "national thing"!

[rpannier]

24. staffer?

figured they'd blame an intern
or the custodian

[kentauros]

13. We should kick them out of the union then.

Time for Minnesota to secede. Who's with me?

[daredtowork]

19. wt-19th-century-f nt

[rpannier]

25. be prepared for the following

we apologize to anyone who was offended

[Algernon Moncrieff]

33. "Offended" is the most popular dog-whistle word on the political right

Sentences such as "sorry if this offends you" or "I know my belief in Jesus offends people" pander to those who want to go continue using bigoted speech.

[FrodosPet]

26. The South is such a horribly bigoted place, unlike the North, where smart, civilized people live.

You did say Mississippi, right?

[appalachiablue]

39. +1

[Algernon Moncrieff]

32. Dear MN GOP: You can't unring the bell

The tweet exists forever in screencaps and retweets.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. It's amazing to live through the demise of a political party.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

35. A party that holds a ridiculous majority in Congress

They can't die quick enough, because they are taking this nation with them.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. A party that's only in power through trickery and deceit....

So,...what's the "October Surprise" going to be this time?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. Lol, imho, I can't figure out DFL. AAR, afaiac acronyms

Without explanation is a bbc and a pain in the ass.
Perhaps some view me as HUB, but explaining DFL would be gr8. Pita, these acronyms are.

[Snobblevitch]

40. In 1944,

the Minnesota Democratic Party merged with the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party to become the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, or DFL.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

41. Thanks.

[Snobblevitch]

42. HHH was among the first leaders of the DFL.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

43. Hubert? Or horatio?

[Snobblevitch]

44. Both, but dedinately not hhhiii.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

45. LOL