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DANIEL STRAUSS JULY 8, 2014, 2:09 PM EDT
A newspaper editorial in Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel's (R) home county argued that McDaniel couldn't possibly be a racist since he played basketball in college.
The editorial by the Laurel Leader-Call of Jones County, Mississippi, the newspaper from the town where McDaniel was born, echoed arguments from his supporters that Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) engaged in race-baiting against McDaniel to get African-Americans to vote for Cochran in the runoff election for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. Cochran won the runoff and McDaniel campaign has since been gathering evidence to fight the results.
"Its been frustrating to see so many people in the black community be convinced that Chris McDaniel was a racist just because someone they trusted told them he was," the editorial, published on July 2, read. "If they did a little research on their own, they would find out that McDaniel was a basketball standout at South Jones and Jones County Junior College."
The editorial continued:
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kwolf68
(7,365 posts)"I have black friends"
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)Maybe he also likes fried chicken and watermelon.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Anyone who is a Republican in this teabagger day and age is a racist.
tanyev
(42,566 posts)I'll go pop some popcorn.