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marmar

(78,025 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 07:22 PM Feb 2021

Republican John James says he was called racial slur in Florida

(Detroit Metro Times) Michigan GOP darling John James, a two-time U.S. Senate candidate, said he was called a racial slur while on vacation in Florida.

In a video posted on Twitter on Monday, James said a man in “a big pickup truck rolls by and screams out the window, ‘Die, [N-word].’”

“You know what I did? I kept walking,” James, now sporting a goatee, said. “There’s nothing I can do about that jackass over there.”

He added, “My mom and dad taught me there’s always going to be hateful people in the world. You can never control what they think or what they say. But you can control what you think and what you say.” .............(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/02/16/republican-john-james-says-he-was-called-racial-slur-in-florida?




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Republican John James says he was called racial slur in Florida (Original Post) marmar Feb 2021 OP
I am so sorry that happened to you, John. sheshe2 Feb 2021 #1
John, I'm sorry that... Enterstageleft Feb 2021 #2

sheshe2

(87,491 posts)
1. I am so sorry that happened to you, John.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 07:40 PM
Feb 2021

However this is exactly the people of your party that you stand for. They are yours, a party of racists.


He added, “My mom and dad taught me there’s always going to be hateful people in the world.
He added, “My mom and dad taught me there’s always going to be hateful people in the world. You can never control what they think or what they say. But you can control what you think and what you say.”


Your parents are right. There are hateful people in this wold and you made the decision to stand with them. You know they are racist and white supremacists. Yet you stand with them and the confederate flag they so proudly do wave. TYhey believe in ethnic cleansing. They want a lily white world and here you are standing with them.

Enterstageleft

(3,823 posts)
2. John, I'm sorry that...
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 08:50 PM
Feb 2021

you are a Republiqan. Your mistake.

P.S. I'm also sorry that happened to you. I f'n hate racists!

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