RNC panel censures Michigan member over racist article

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

AP - 29 minutes ago

CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — The Republican National Committee's executive committee voted Wednesday to censure Michigan Republican Dave Agema and seek his resignation after he linked to a racist article from Facebook.

At the outset of the RNC's winter meeting near San Diego, Chairman Reince Preibus said the committeeman's "history of harmful and offensive rhetoric" has no place in the party.

The committee also called for Michigan Republicans to explore disciplining Agema.

Agema refused to resign a year ago after criticizing Muslims and gays. The article Agema recently shared includes a purported public defender saying blacks are different and can't "control their impulses as well."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/rnc-panel-censures-michigan-member-over-gay-muslim-014049458--election.html

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The SPLC also reports:

As RNC Gathers, More Prominent GOP Members In Bed With Extremists

By Heidi Beirich on January 14, 2015 - 9:07 am

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Dave Agema, a member of the Republican National Committee from Michigan, republished an essay by the white nationalist publication American Renaissance in a New Year’s Eve Facebook post. The racist article, par for the course for American Renaissance, said “blacks are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as well. They cannot communicate as well. They cannot control their impulses as well. They are a threat to all who cross their paths, black and non-black alike.”

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Agema has since pulled the piece down, but he refuses to apologize or resign from the RNC. And this isn’t his first racist rodeo.

According to the National Journal, Agema has a well-documented history of making inflammatory and false remarks, such as that President Obama is a Muslim. The Journal points to another Agema Facebook faux pas. He apparently shared what he called an “eye opening” essay that posed the question: “Have you ever seen a Muslim do anything that contributes positively to the American way of life?”

At least in this case, some in the RNC have reacted appropriately by calling for Agema to resign or be removed. They include RNC head Reince Priebus and Michigan’s entire GOP delegation. That’s all well and very good, but where’s the outrage from Priebus or other prominent Republicans over Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s plan to hold a prayer rally with the American Family Association (AFA)? Emails to Priebus’ and Jindal’s offices asking for comment were not returned.

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Link: http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2015/01/14/as-rnc-gathers-more-prominent-gop-members-in-bed-with-extremists/

[Chakab]

1. Oh please. The base eats that shit up. They aren't fooling anybody by doing window

dressing.

[DeSwiss]

2. “Have you ever seen a Muslim do anything that contributes positively to the American way of life?”

[font size=3]Hi Jolly[/font]

Hi Jolly or Hadji Ali (Arabic: حاج علي Ḥājj ‘Alī; Turkish: Hacı Ali), later known as Philip Tedro (born ‘Ali al-Hajaya c.?1828 – December 16, 1902), was an Ottoman subject of Jordanian parentage, and in 1856 became one of the first camel drivers ever hired by the US Army to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.

link

- There's also the number 0.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Really, RNC? You're going to 'censure' him, but can't kick him off the

committee?

[Stephen Retired]

4. Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about fellatio

Quite the country we have here, isn't it?

[tclambert]

5. Sounds like they have completely given up on minority outreach.

Instead, they're going to bet everything on suppressing minority voting.