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Old 05-01-2014, 12:24 AM
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Democratic Agenda Lies And Racist Charges.

What a slim bucket and where you all get talking points from because you have nothing else.

Rep. Bennie Thompson stands by remarks about race


Thompson, a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, first let fly with the comments in an interview this past weekend on a New Nation of Islam radio show. In a matter of minutes during his call-in chat, he accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky of making a “racist statement” and said that conservative opposition to Obamacare is rooted in racism.

He labeled Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom.” And he alleged that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant of Mississippi turned down $426 million in Medicaid funding as part of Obamacare “just because a black man created it.”

The radio program is obscure enough that it took a few days for his salvos to circulate. But by Wednesday, the remarks were national news and reporters were clustered around Thompson in a Capitol Hill hallway, asking for clarification.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/30...#storylink=cpy
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