What he’s really saying: Anyone who opposes Obama is a racist.
Via The Hill:
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said Thursday that the GOP presidential candidates need to “quit trying to send subliminal racial messages during the campaigns.”
“In the last few days, both Gov. Romney and Speaker Gingrich have been guilty of saying things that are not helpful to a society begging for racial inclusion,” said Cleaver, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking on CNBC. “Whether they are intentional or not, I’m not 100 percent certain; I do know that it doesn’t matter in many cases. It’s just unfortunate and it tends to divide.”
Cleaver cited as examples Newt Gingrich’s recent comments on food stamps, including calling President Obama a “food stamp president,” and Mitt Romney’s comments on “the very poor.”