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TexasTowelie

(116,873 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:17 AM Jun 2017

That time Rep. Joe Pitre emailed a totally not racist image to House colleagues

A New Hampshire lawmaker is in hot water over public comments he made in Concord this morning that were characterized as “overtly racist” by some observers. It’s not the first time he’s faced accusations of racism.

During today’s House committee debate on school voucher legislation, a representative from a public education advocacy group, Reaching Higher NH, reported Rep. Joe Pitre (R-Farmington) claimed the proposal could be funded with money the state currently spends on “black children and latinos.”



Pitre’s comments came during a debate on Senate Bill 193, legislation that would establish a statewide Education Freedom Savings Account program, which would provide parents with a voucher that could be used for educational expenses at private schools and for home schooling.

Rep. Victoria Sullivan (R-Manchester) pushed back against those characterizing Pitre’s reference to money spent on “Black children and Latinos” as racist. New Hampshire Dems are “lying again,” she tweeted. “Rep. Pitre said funds alone have not closed the {education} gap, and we need a better way.“

Read more: http://miscellanyblue.com/post/161604076742

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That time Rep. Joe Pitre emailed a totally not racist image to House colleagues (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2017 OP
The money spent on white children will continue brush Jun 2017 #1

brush

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1. The money spent on white children will continue
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 07:55 AM
Jun 2017

Somehow this falls into the "the beatings will continue until morale improves" category.

How impossibly stupid are these racists to even think such inhumane thoughts, and then to spew them out loud — the cruelty and stupidity has no bounds.

They're talking about children, but not their children.

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