GOP official quits after racist Facebook post and 'death panel' uproar

[HAB911]

Bill Akins said he resigned Tuesday night as secretary of the Pasco Republican Executive Committee because he spoke out of turn during a Saturday congressional town hall meeting by insisting the Affordable Care Act has "death panels."

"According to the loyalty oath I signed with REC, I'm not supposed to be making any statements, even if I want to do so as a private citizen, before running it past the REC and the chairman of the Republican Party," Akins said Wednesday morning.

But it wasn't his comments about Obamacare that drew national scorn on Akins. He became the subject of widespread ridicule only after the Washington Post revealed his Facebook posts contained racist and fake news stories and memes.

Pasco Republican Party chairman Randy Evans said no one with the GOP asked him to resign, but he said Wednesday it was those Facebook posts that likely contributed to his departure.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/gop-official-quits-party-post-after-racist-facebook-post-and-death-panel/2313294

[pangaia]

1. LOYALTY OATHS !! Yup..

"According to the loyalty oath I signed with REC, I'm not supposed to be making any statements, even if I want to do so as a private citizen, before running it past the REC and the chairman of the Republican Party," Akins said Wednesday morning.

HEIL RUPUBS!!!!!!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. There you have it: "Republican Party loyalty oath". Isn't that authoritarian now?

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Greedy Oathoritarian Party

[workinclasszero]

4. Thats why the entire party is selling out the USA to Russia

Party over country, rotten bastards.

[Zambero]

3. Death Panels Willful cancellation of insurance policies

The "repeal and not replace" and "repeal and replace with who cares, whatever" factions in the GOP Congress are what comprise the death panels they have been warning about for years. Throw 20,000,000+ people off their policies and the results are very predictable. And increased mortality rates will come without the end of life counseling option that precipitated the initial demagoguery to begin with.

[DK504]

5. "According to the loyalty oath I signed with REC ... "

Yeah bub, that "loyalty" oath should/needs to go only to the Constitution. That's it, that's the one that matters, in a secular way.

[Orrex]

8. For Republicans, the Constitution is really just a set of non-binding suggestions

They value party fidelity uber alles. "Patriotism," in their view, means "lockstep loyalty to the GOP," and all else is secondary.

[Orrex]

6. Can we call him The Pasco Fiasco?

Or should we simply call him "absolutely typical Republican who made the mistake of voicing the party's actual position" instead?

[NurseJackie]

7. It's "for show" only. He'll be back. Just like that West Virginia woman who ...

... called Michelle Obama an "ape in heels". Her resignation was short-lived and temporary and the agency she worked for re-hired her later.