The Republican party is coming apart over the issue of race, led by a black Republican senator from South Carolina. Who is right in this debate, Jow Forums? Should Iowa House member Steve King resign for the good of the party and nation?
>Why are Republicans accused of racism? Because we’re silent on things like this.
>By Tim Scott (Tim Scott, a Republican, represents South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.)
>Over the past two years, Republicans have focused on spreading opportunity, and it has paid dividends: From the creation of opportunity zones in some of our nation’s most distressed communities to amazing job-creation statistics and low unemployment rates, there’s no doubt that the future is brightening for many Americans.
>However, we are often still struggling when it comes to civility and fairness. This was driven home once again Thursday as Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) wondered aloud: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”
>I will admit I am unsure who is offended by the term “Western civilization” on its own, but anyone who needs “white nationalist” or “white supremacist” defined, described and defended does lack some pretty common knowledge.
>Three months ago, a white supremacist killed two black people in a parking lot in Kentucky. We are only 18 months from Charlottesville, where white nationalists killed a white woman with a car and severely beat multiple black people. Almost four years ago, a white supremacist murdered nine African Americans in a church in Charleston, S.C. In 1998, white supremacists dragged James Byrd Jr., behind a pickup truck through Jasper, Tex., decapitating him in the process.
>These are just a sliver of the havoc that white nationalists and white supremacists have strewn across our nation for hundreds of years. Four little girls killed in a bombing in Birmingham, Ala., thousands lynched and countless hearts and minds turned cruel and hateful.
>When people with opinions similar to King’s open their mouths, they damage not only the Republican Party and the conservative brand but also our nation as a whole. They want to be treated with fairness for some perceived slights but refuse to return the favor to those on the other side.
>Some in our party wonder why Republicans are constantly accused of racism — it is because of our silence when things like this are said. Immigration is the perfect example, in which somehow our affection for the rule of law has become conflated with a perceived racism against brown and black people.
>I do support border security not because I want to keep certain ethnicities out of our nation, but because I support enforcing our laws. I do not care if you come from Canada, France or Honduras, if you break our laws, there should be consequences. But it has become almost impossible to have a reasonable conversation along those lines. That’s in part why I laid out my agenda on civility, fairness and opportunity on Thursday on the floor of the Senate.
>King’s comments are not conservative views but separate views that should be ridiculed at every turn possible. Conservative principles mean equal opportunity for all to succeed, regardless of what you look like or where you are from. It is maddening to see so many folks who believe this and have only good intentions in their hearts tarnished by these radical perspectives.
>That is why silence is no longer acceptable. It is tempting to write King — or other extremists on race issues, such as black-nationalist Louis Farrakhan — as lonely voices in the wilderness, but they are far more dangerous than that. They continue to rip at the fabric of our nation, a country built on hope, strength and diversity. It is the opposite of civility and fairness and will lead only to more pain and suffering.
>We have made significant progress in our nation, and while there is still work to do, we cannot let these intolerant and hateful views hold us back. This is a uniquely fractured time in our nation’s history, not our worst but far from our best, and it is only together that we will rebuild the trust we seem to have lost in each other.
>We must work to lead our nation forward. In the future, I hope Steve King takes the opportunity to join us.
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Xavier Martin
"mup da doo bix nood muhfugga gibs me dats" - t. Nigger
James Bennett
He's a hardline conservative Republican from South Carolina, an extremely conservative state.
Michael Williams
And yet still ethnocentric, makes you think
Evan Stewart
So....he's running for governor in 2 years?
Xavier Baker
I'd rather have Farrakhan and Steve King or Rockwell and Malcolm X and any day of the week than this vanilla nigger.
Kayden Anderson
>civil war >nigger whining nah
Cooper Lewis
hes not wrong tho, republicans have awful candidates
Cooper Lewis
Thanks for the rundown.
Jose Sanchez
and he has a problem with me caring about my race, fuck him.
Isaac Scott
>hes not wrong tho, republicans have awful candidates Most of it is slander, and the public knows this. Slander against Republicans is somehow justified, has been since my youth delivering newspapers.
Christian Miller
>paul nehlen >patrick shittle >pewdiepie why do boomers get diarrhea of the mouth after taking red pills?
Jace Nelson
This is why those who suggest Republicans should elect niggers should be murdered and their families should be as well.
Wyatt Foster
I take that back. The current Republican governor is in his first term
yep. a nigger is by virtue of birth an anti-white actor, they will never be political allies worth a shit because just like Jews they oppose white people in all the ways that matter
Adam Evans
No he isn't, Tim Scott is an anti-white far-left negro. FUck him and fuck you, traitor.
Aaron Ramirez
no he didnt you fucking shill. he was just on fox and didnt say shit about it being racist.
Easton Cruz
This was written and shilled to hide the deep divisions in the Dems right now
Gabriel Powell
Why would the overwhelmingly-white REPUBLICAN voters of South Carolina elect an anti-white US Senator? That doesn't even make sense.
Mason Butler
Stupid crying nigger thinks this country will even exist once the demographics tip in favor of spics, Muslims, and gooks. What a fucking clown this guy is.
Isaiah Clark
Because GOP normies are retarded and will vote for a Republican regardless of their actual views. They also overwhelmingly voted for another anti-white leftist foreigner that was very vocal about shitting on their state's history and even calling Trump a terrorist.
Both parties have growing segments leaning toward the "extreme" mostly fuled by some level of racial consciousness. We will inevitably see a split in both parties. On the right it will be those rerepresenting the interests of whites and the left will be the socialist brown wave shit
Julian Perry
fpbp
Jayden Long
Racist lol I'm a racist you're a kike nobody's perfect now get out Tyrone
Charles Perry
>Democrats have multiple people crying out against their own party, Junior congressmen/women going rouge, attacking Pelosi constantly, accusing each other of every name in the book, being forced by their voters to vote with Trump to end shutdown, and outright sabotaging each other >"lol nothing is wrong goys!" >One Republican reee's about muh conservative values and gets beats down by Mitch, and another whines about much racism >"OMG REPUBLICANS CIVIL WAR, THEY ARE SPLITTING UP!"
Michael Fisher
watch them all bend over backwards trying to prove how not racist they are
Michael Jackson
Womp womp
Tyler Smith
Niggers do terrible things to whites all the time and no one says anything, yet they are still allowed to have black pride. I hate that white people aren't allowed to have pride in their own race. For the party that preaches equal opportunity, it is apparent that the opportunity isn't equal if you're white.
Juan Wright
but based Haley is a great friend to Israel which is the most important issue for conservatives in America
Elijah Bennett
Fuck the GOP. voting for them is counter productive.
Jayden Fisher
Die nigger
Leo Taylor
>Civil War No. The press will stir the pot but nobody gives a shit.
Brayden Wright
>ooga booga gibs me dat Stunning and brave, guce this Kang a Nobel Prize for literature
Daniel Smith
/this
Justin Garcia
>Be republicuck, blind on race >Bring in the based minorities >Be surprised they eventually play race card Conservatives man, there's no hope for them
Robert Hernandez
none of this matters when there is no food in the grocery store and a hungry pack of rapey niggers is hunting you because you were stupid enough to live closer than a gas tank to any city center.
We have to make the word racist a taboo word like the n word Can we organize to jump on threads on social media? As a white person I am offended by that word.
Robert Davis
Grand Ole Party you got there, be a shame if you lost it to a bunch of Trojan-niggers.
