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Wisconsin Democrat Yells At GOP While Dressed As Confederate Soldier. As You Do.
WONKETTE
1:57 pm May 3, 2014
by Doktor Zoom
We have to say that this cosplay display by Wisconsin state Rep. Brett Hulsey (D-Awesomesauce), a replacement for the stunt where he promised to hand out KKK hoods at the state Republican Party convention this weekend, is very, very, insensitive and unkind in its implication that GOP policies are motivated by racism. Look, just because a few of Scott Walker’s aides have been fired for sending racist emails, and the R’s have done everything they can to kill Medicaid expansion and stuff, doesn’t mean that it’s fair to suggest that Wisconsin Republicans are racist. Besides, neither was the Confederacy.
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...when he became the first white guy to win a state legislative seat, in a predominately black district of Memphis, TN in the 1980s:
- This is the same guy, now: link
