Video: Scott Brown Staffers Chant Indian War Whoops, Wave Mock Tomahawks

[trailmonkee]

Last edited Tue Sep 25, 2012, 12:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Buzzfeed

Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown were caught on video this week at a rally in Boston chanting Indian "war whoops" and making tomahawk chop gestures, mocking Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren.

Pictured in the video are deputy Chief of Staff Greg Casey, Constituent Service Counsel Jack Richard, and a Republican operative named Brad Garrett, according to Boston's ABC affiliate.

A spokeswoman for the Brown campaign didn't immediately return a request for comment.

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Scott Brown has created an Army of Dicks!

[progressivebydesign]

1. This is purple band-aid territory. I'm just speechless.

the article writer "May have gone too far..." Gee, I think that the entire attack on her heritage went to far in the FIRST place.

[Politicub]

62. Same people who morphed a photo of war hero and triple-amputee Max Cleland into Bin-Laden in 2004

I had forgotten about the vile, disgusting purple band-aids at the 2004 GOP convention.

[perdita9]

2. Scott Brown is no Gentleman

And Elizabeth Warren is every inch a lady.

What a despicable display of bad manners!

[Nancy Waterman]

3. This line of attack is so tasteless

Is he just appealing to the Neaderthal base? Hard to believe Massachusetts would fall for it.

[edhopper]

4. One should remember

that though Mass. is a liberal State that will vote for Obama over Romney,
It has it's fair share of racist assholes.

[George II]

58. You are correct....

Boston was one of the last bastions of racism in the north, and it still seethes at times (remember the Charles Stuart murder case?)

And the Boston Red Sox were the LAST baseball team to sign a black player, nine years after Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. Awesome!

[SaveAmerica]

6. Sure sign of a desperate campaign is when staffers come out to events

[Robb]

7. K&R. EVERYONE needs to see this.

[nolabear]

8. That is some world class stupid racist bs right there.

My GOD. They think it's funny to bully a woman over her heritage, eh? What the hell country is this???

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Brownie,yer doing a heck-of-a job!!!

You can kiss your ass good bye baby. What a bigoted campaign. Watch and see,the big Casino Band will pump money towards Ms. Warren and Brownie's ass is grass and Warren is the lawn mower. Got to love these GOP losers,always pissing on their on shoes.

[NBachers]

10. My fucking gawd

[aaaaaa5a]

11. Even in a liberal state like Massachusetts

the GOP at its fundamental base is fueled by racism, sexism and hatred.


If people didn't hate based on natural born differences, would the American GOP even exist as a political party?



There was a poll out looking at white working class voters. In the South, Romney had a 40 point edge. Hmm... I wonder why? A generation ago the Democrats became a more inclusive party. And both white and black Democrats have paid for it in the south ever since.

Of course those of us who live outside the south know that evoking this type of response among voters doesn't just work in the old confederacy. The "southern strategy" works in a lot of places. Including Boston.

The good news is this is proof that Brown believes he is behind. He is turning the last page of the GOP playbook. This reeks of desperation.

Elizabeth Warren IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT SENATOR from Massachusetts.

[onehandle]

12. Massachusetts Obama Voters, Vote Downticket and this asshole will be gone.

Vote Downticket.

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Vote Downticket.

[xxqqqzme]

28. Exactly! Solid Blue Staters

by knowing Obama has their electoral votes need to get the message out - concentrate 'down ticket'. Turn around the city council, school or water board. Get that state assembly or senate candidate elected. And don't forget the judges (if you get to elect them).

[abelenkpe]

13. Stay classy Brown supporters. Nt

[SunSeeker]

21. As Reince Priebus would say, they've got class coming out their eyeballs.

[TeamPooka]

14. I wonder whyy Brown thinks playing a race card will be successful?

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. And it's sort of a reverse race card...as Rachel Maddow's guest pointed out

If anything, the notion of a mostly white academic getting undeserved advancement by claiming native heritage would seem to need to be aimed at non-whites who would presumably be upset ...

But of course logic has nothing to do with Brown's campaign. He may be using race to stir up his supporters to consider voting against Obama while they're at it?

Elizabeth Warren could still use our help to keep up the momentum:

http://elizabethwarren.com/

[JoeyT]

32. Non-whites aren't pissed about it.

Warren is awesome enough, I think pretty much anyone would be happy to take her no matter how far back she had to go to find evidence of a link.

I think people are over thinking this: Brown and his followers are using it as an excuse to act like racist dicks. Any excuse will do.

[TeamPooka]

57. i think you are correct

[vduhr]

15. I live in New Mexico.....

and Native-American heritage is taken very seriously here. The idiots in this video wouldn't dare do something like that here.

[trailmonkee]

16. that would be a very bsad idea if they did... I was thinking the very same thing

[Grown2Hate]

17. Despicable. Kind of funny how they all found common ground for 5 seconds with a nice,

"Yankees Suck!" chant, though. ::silver lining...not really::

Hey, Brownie! Can you say "Macaca"?

[trailmonkee]

29. racism conflagrates very quickly among the haters

[drm604]

19. Clueless. Absolutely clueless.

They have no idea how this makes them look?

Regardless of what they think of Warren, you'd think that anyone with half a brain would realize that this kind of behavior doesn't help Brown.

[socialindependocrat]

20. This was worn out on the first day - He obviously thinks he's found something hard core....

When I was a kid my mother told me I was English, French and Indian.

I was proud and I told people this for 45 years. I mentioned it to my mother one day when I was
in my 40's. I said - We're part native American aren't we? - and she said, "Don't you wish?"
I was flabbergasted - she was the one who told me.

When I was in grammer school my mother told me I was related to Lizzie Borden.
We lived in New Bedford , MA and Lizzie Borden was from Fall River, MA so the
local history was well known. I told all my friends at achool.

I was in high school when the subject came up again and she said that
our relatives were named Bor-D-man (Bordman) and she made a mistake.

What is a kid supposed to do when they are 5 years old and they hear a proud parent announce that your relatives are doctors and lawyers and all the stuff that's supposed to make you proud about your heritage - are you supposed to ask for proof?

This was a child being told something about her family history from a parent or grandparent
that was a mistake (or maybe not - just not proven or documented - yet). The child had
no reason to doubt the source and was not savey enough to contact a lawyer before
spreading the story to her grammer school chums and there you go. What's the harm?

It happened to me twice!

[AlbertCat]

22. Don't they know...

....that being Native American has been TOTALLY COOL since I was in High School....in the early '70s!!!!!


Morans!

[closeupready]

37. Very very very much so.

I guess this is more evidence how pampered, elitist Republicans are of-bubble-worlds.

[Cheviteau]

45. Watch it !

My grandmothers maiden name was Moran. I'm from a long line of Morans. We can't help that we're Morans.

[jerseyjack]

23. My father was a garbage man...

business was always picking up.

[jonesgirl]

24. Goes to show how far they are behind modern time. My native relatives are sooo over this, but we get

a laugh out of still watching people do this stuff.

[SoapBox]

25. wow...assholes

Just think, if America were in total control of assholes like Brown...and Rmoney, Coupon Care Ryan, Gov. Medicare Fraud Scott, Gov. Worker Hater Walker...

terrifying...racists, bigots, supporters of the filthy rich...terrifying.

[olddad56]

26. That is the kind of classless act that can only help Ms. Warren.

[EC]

27. Aren't there American Natives that vote

in Mass.? I hope this blows up in his face. This is racism.

[olddad56]

40. I know that they have independent voters who haven't made up their minds,

and in Mass. they have republicans who are more level headed than in most states. This isn't Wyoming.

I think that this move helped make up the minds of anyone who was undecided.

[leftofcool]

30. Link emailed to Principal Chief John Baker, Indian Country Today, Chris Matthers, Rachael Maddow.

[yends21012]

31. They seem to have the maturity of 5 year olds

In fact all far right wingers seem to be emotionally stunted. It's as if in their case evolution regressed and they respond with midbrain fear, intolerance, and violence.

[trailmonkee]

36. 5 years is being way to generous, unless of course they were Thuja occidentalis:

http://all-about-trivia.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-slowest-growing-tree-in-world.html

[savannah43]

53. Many white people have behaved so badly for so long, they now

fear the retribution they should have coming. What's that called again? Oh, yeah--a guilty conscience. Their bravado is nauseating. They look like a bunch of 13 year old idiots.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

33. How to tell when a republicant is losing?

They break out a case of assholes to throw around.


Warren has class. Brown is just an ass.


Talk about racism!

[BlueMTexpat]

34. Really classy, Scott & co.

Vote him out for "inspiring" such followers, if for no other reason! And there are so MANY other reasons!

Elizabeth Warren, whatever her heritage, is truly magnificent. Just as is our President.

Btw, my "baby" sis's husband is Native American (Eastern Shoshone) on his mother's side. He has two children from his first marriage to a woman of Western European heritage. Both of whom, now young adults, are beautiful human beings in every way. But anyone meeting them - without knowing their background - would not even realize that they are Native American.

Racism - even in liberal MA - is very close to the surface.

[closeupready]

35. K&R - everyone should see what the Brown campaign is about.

nt

[lebkuchen]

38. A "macaca" moment if I ever saw one

You vote for these dudes, you're a racist.

[highplainsdem]

39. +1,000

[trailmonkee]

44. I thought this was his 'macaca' moment (spelling could be off a little?):

[madokie]

41. Punks, all of them

but when he himself is a punk what do we expect of the people he surrounds himself with.
I think this kind of trash will backfire on snottie boy

[beachgirl2365]

42. HEY BROWN: I CHECKED THE BOX TOO BECAUSE I AM PROUD!!!-What do you want to make of it?

They might as well do a war cry and greet everyone with "HOW" & 'UGH"..........You know I am blonde, curly hair with green eyes and am 1/4 Cherokee. When I filled out applications for ANYTHING, I was always torn on what to put down as my race/heritage..........not because I was looking for any break with regards to affirmative action, but BECAUSE I was extremely PROUD of my family heritage and ancestry........................SHAME ON SCOTT BROWN and everyone associated with his campaign who takes this road....................Way to be a pussy on the issues dude!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

43. If MA elects this idiot, I vow never to visit that state again! How could this race even be close?

This is BLATANT racism!!!

[Liberalynn]

46. wow how disgusting

Pukes just sink lower and lower

[LynneSin]

47. This is so beyond offensive - it's downright RACIST

I truly do believe that Ms. Warren probably has Native American blood in her. Her family is from Oklahoma so there is a strong chance that in her family tree was some Native American ancestors. And it's not uncommon for someone who is a few generations out to have the heritage and yet not show any of the common feature.

But to do something as offensive as what Scott Brown did at his rally is just downright racist and will probably not win him any supporters. Massachusetts has a strong progressive backbone and I highly doubt the voters would want a racist asshole representing them in the prestigious seat once held by Ted Kennedy.

[nichomachus]

48. To add a little context

Eire Pub, where this occurred is a fixture in South Boston, formerly an almost all-white, Irish neighborhood. It's changed in recent years, but the roots go deep.

While it's nominally Democratic, "Southie" is packed to the brim with Reagan Democrats. They sign up as Democrats to get their jobs on the public tit, but they vote for the conservatives. Southie is the only Boston neighborhood that went for Brown in 2010.

Southie was ground zero for the sometimes violent anti-busing protests in Boston after the schools were ordered to be integrated because of what the court called de-facto segregation.

An iconic photo captures the mood of the protests -- although this one took place in front of city hall and not in Southie.

[trailmonkee]

49. same thing... just now, seems like no one gives a shit? suddenly racism is funny?

[annabanana]

50. That tears it, I think..

If Brown's "stock in trade" was being a decent sort.. THIS will absolutely sink him.

[rjlobo422]

51. Class Act..

An army of ignorant dicks indeed....goes to show that there is bigotry all over this country.

[CBHagman]

52. Is this Brown's George Allen moment?

Look at this clip and judge:

[hughee99]

56. I think the difference is, Brown isn't in this video,

as much as I saw anyway. It's not the same just having one's staffers do something stupid as doing it yourself.

[Cha]

54. Is this Scott Brown's

Boca Raton? It should be! Glad they were BUSTED!

[longship]

55. Sophomoric grade school bullshit.

Brown is running a very adult campaign, eh?

Not!

Childish!!! The media should roast him in the depths of the Slor for this.

[trailmonkee]

59. he has about a day to distance himself before he is toast

[rgbecker]

60. Scott Brown is the one who in the debate with Warren

accused her of being dishonest by checking the "Native American" box (on I guess her application for the Harvard teaching job. No one has brought any evidence that she isn't descendant from Native Americans that I know of and the Harvard folks who hired her said there was no attention paid to the check box.

I don't think he will distance himself from this one....more likely he will say he is sorry he wasn't there joining in.

Totally, completely an ass hole who needs to be removed from the Senate.

[trailmonkee]

61. he wont because he is an evil prick.... but by tomorrow, he will realize he is toast imho.

[Downtown Hound]

63. That guy with the backwards hat...

Is there any part of him that doesn't scream, "I AM AN ENORMOUS DOUCHE BAG?" My apologies to douche bags everywhere.

[trailmonkee]

64. he is a God of some sorts... his douchebagery is perfect in every way...