Speaking of racists…
Via Mediaite:
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is doubling down on his belief that southern Republicans still believe in slavery and think the Confederates won the Civil War, implying that the Democrats’ major senatorial losses came as a result of racism.
Rangel made the initial comments last week at a rally for incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Wednesday afternoon on CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked the congressman if he would like to clarify his statement:
“I meant that they used to call themselves ‘slave-holding states.’ They’ve been frustrated with the Emancipation Proclamation. They became Republicans, then tea party people. These are the people that are trying to frustrate people from voting, changing the voting rights that we fought so hard for. And all I’m saying is, if you want to challenge the statistics, find out where the slave-holding states are, find out where the tea party is.”