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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:15 PM May 2014

Gubernatorial candidate to hand out Klan hoods

Democratic candidate for governor Brett Hulsey plans to hand out white Ku Klux Klan-style hoods to Wisconsin Republicans as they gather for their annual convention Friday to highlight what he says are their racist policies.

Hulsey, a state representative from Madison who is white, came into the state Capitol press room on Thursday to show off a hood he says he made with his daughter's sewing machine using curtain material he purchased for $1.

"It's a Wisconsin Republican Party hat," Hulsey said. "And people can interpret it any way they want."

When asked whether he was serious, trying to be funny or provocative, Hulsey answered: "All of the above."

Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/gubernatorial-candidate-hand-klan-hoods-223003488.html

Wear them proudly boys, you've earned them.

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(hiding my head) Lefta Dissenter May 2014 #1
Nothing says governor material Egnever May 2014 #2

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
1. (hiding my head)
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:22 PM
May 2014

I'm so ashamed that I moved into his district.

This race is not a joke, and I wish he'd stop treating it that way.

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