Shelby County Democratic chairman faces backlash over 'name-calling'

[TexasTowelie]

Note: This article was published on July 3, 2018. I'm posting the thread because chairman Corey Strong spoke the truth and that news needs to be shared.


MEMPHIS -- The Tennessee Republican Party and its Shelby County arm condemned County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong this week for calling local Republican candidates "demonstrably racist, homophobic, unethical and unqualified."

Strong, who became chairman last August, posted the Facebook comment Saturday, a day after the Shelby County Election Commission angered Democrats by not agreeing to open all early voting locations on July 13. Strong said the decision would "disenfranchise" voters in inner-city Memphis, where voting sites open five days later.

"No matter what the Election Commission has done, the Democratic ticket needs 15k+ non-August Democrats to show up and moderate/suburban Dems to not cross over and vote for the demonstrably racist, homophobic, unethical and unqualified Republican nominees," Strong wrote in the post, which was removed by Facebook for review. "There is no press release, lawsuit, or other protest that will get those voters to the poll. If you aren't identifying your share of that 15k to get to the polls, then start NOW!"

In a response Tuesday, Tennessee Republican Party chairman Scott Golden called on the Tennessee Democratic Party to condemn Strong's "name-calling and outright lying."

Read more: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/03/shelby-county-democrats-corey-strong-faces-backlash-over-name-calling/755109002/

[msongs]

1. sounds accurate to me but probably not the best thing to say at the moment nt

[Squinch]

2. There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said. Its true.

Frickin' Facebook took it down. Facebook leaves up a lot worse from republicans.