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Related: About this forumHunter walks out of NAACP meeting as tensions flare
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 17, 2017, Atlanta Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter listens to Gwinnett residents who turned out Tuesday to rail against the racist pig comment that Hunter posted on Facebook about John Lewis. (Henry Taylor/ henry.taylor@ajc.com)
Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter walked out of a Gwinnett NAACP meeting Tuesday night (February 14) after audience members began arguing with each other and the groups president over his presence.
Hunter has already faced several heated calls for his resignation at commission meetings over Facebook posts he made, in which he called U.S. Rep. John Lewis a racist pig and referred to Democrats as Demonrats and Libtards among other things.
The meeting with the NAACP had been billed as an opportunity for the groups members to ask him questions. Some attendees said the chapters membership was never asked if it wanted to hear from Hunter and ended up calling for local NAACP President Marlyn Tillmans resignation as well as Hunters.
You were not invited (and) you are not welcome, Penny Poole told Hunter during the meeting. The only thing we will take is your resignation and, now, the resignation of President Tillman.
Read more: http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/hunter-walks-out-of-naacp-meeting-as-tensions-flare/article_dae84ffe-9b0b-5660-8aed-2acd586ae441.html
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Hunter walks out of NAACP meeting as tensions flare (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Feb 2017
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annabanana
(52,791 posts)1. Boy, HE sounds like a piece of work . . . . . . n/t
Mc Mike
(9,171 posts)2. Porcine-looking klanned-up repug. rec, nt.
underpants
(186,671 posts)3. Does he enter the room to banjo music?