CPAC brings out the worst in conservatives
7 years, 1 month ago

CPAC brings out the worst in conservatives

Salon  

The Conservative Political Action Conference has brought out some of the worst in conservatives. Conservative columnist Mona Charen spoke about "hypocrites" in the Republican Party who have downplayed sexual harassment accusations levied against powerful men on their own side of the aisle, including President Donald Trump. "I’m disappointed in people on our side for being hypocrites about sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party, sitting in the White House, who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women, and because he happens to have an 'R' by his name, we look the other way, we don’t complain," she explained on in a panel discussion at the gathering of conservatives on Saturday, according to Bloomberg News. "The Republican Party endorsed Roy Moore for the Senate in the state of Alabama, even though he was a credibly accused child molester," Charen said. During the Ronald Reagan dinner on Friday night CPAC communications director Ian Walters said the former Republican National Committee chairman, Michael Steele, was only elected "because he's a black guy."

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RNC chair hits back at CPAC for saying hes token black guy
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RNC chair hits back at CPAC for saying hes token black guy

Daily Mail  

Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has spoken out to defend himself after the communications director of the Conservative Political Action Conference claimed that Steele was the token black guy of the RNC. RNC Communications director Ian Walters told hundreds of conservatives gathered at the event that Steele was elected as RNC chairman 'because he was …

Former RNC chair Michael Steele says GOP is 'clearly' more racist: 'How quickly they revert to race as a weapon'
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Former RNC chair Michael Steele says GOP is 'clearly' more racist: 'How quickly they revert to race as a weapon'

Raw Story  

During the Ronald Reagan dinner at the Conservative Political Action Conference conference Friday night, Ian Walters, the communications director of the conference, attacked former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. “We elected Mike Steele as chairman because he was a black guy, that was the wrong thing to do,” Walters said in a comment reportedly met with gasps, according to …

Across The Divide, Identity Politics Unites The Base At Both CPAC And DNC
8 years, 1 month ago

Across The Divide, Identity Politics Unites The Base At Both CPAC And DNC

NPR  

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