Republican leaders get upset when they are called out for racial insensitivity. They act as if it is a Progressive smear. But they continue to do things that question their righteous indignation.
Alabama Republican Senate front-runner called Native Americans and Asians ‘reds and yellows’ at a campaign event that was so matter-of-fact it showed his mindset.
The Hill reported the following.
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, one of two Republicans competing in a primary runoff next week, appeared to use racially insensitive terms to describe Native Americans and Asians during a campaign speech on Sunday. Moore, a former chief justice on the state Supreme Court, lamented divisions between Americans based on race, mentioning “reds and yellows.”
“We were torn apart in the Civil War — brother against brother, North against South, party against party. What changed?” Moore asked in footage provided to The Hill by a Republican monitoring the race. “Now we have blacks and whites fighting, reds and yellows fighting, Democrats and Republicans fighting, men and women fighting. What’s going to unite us? What’s going to bring us back together? A president? A Congress? No. It’s going to be God.” Moore’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his language.
Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore
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Roy Moore, a former Alabama Chief Justice, has a checkered past. He was removed from the bench for his refusal to remove the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building. He implied that 9/11 occurred because the country separated itself from God.
Roy Moore is running against Senator Luther Strange (R-AL) where Moore leads in every poll. Donald Trump is supporting Luther Strange while Steve Bannon supports Roy Moore. It’s a battle against Trump and his ‘fired’ adviser.
If Moore wins the election the Alabama Senate race could be interesting. A Democrat may have a chance in a deep red state.