RNC chair spanked for calling self-deportation idea ‘racist’; Update: Misquoted
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368371241012322304
[Editor’s note: Two reporters and Reince Priebus now dispute that the RNC chair called self-deportation “racist.” Business Insider has issued a correction and now reports Priebus said, “It hurts us.” Please read the update at the end of this post. The original post remains below.]
http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/368370504836476929
If this Business Insider report is correct, here’s your daily dose of “leadership” from the Republican establishment:
In condemning Rep. Steve King’s incendiary comments on immigration, RNC chairman Reince Priebus swept in his party’s presidential nominee, saying that talk of “self-deportation” was “horrific” and even “racist.”
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“Using the word ‘self-deportation’ — it’s a horrific comment to make,” Priebus said, in a forceful rebuke. “I don’t think it has anything to do with our party. When someone makes those comments, obviously, it’s racist.”
“Obviously”? Oh, come on.
http://twitter.com/#!/OkieMuskogee33/status/368381546530471936
http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/368371539437043712
http://twitter.com/#!/Jna2/status/368369865767141378
http://twitter.com/#!/DraftRyan2016/status/368368727881826304
An open letter to RNC chairman Reince Priebus:
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368369461012623361
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368370864632258562
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368372941064392704
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368373740754595840
Is there anything left that doesn’t merit an entry in the Handbook of Racial Code Words?
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368375830151315456
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368376100436451330
Here’s an obviously racist idea:
http://twitter.com/#!/chuck_dizzle/status/368376521792040961
Update:
And now a different story emerges. The RNC and two reporters say Priebus did not use the term “racist.”
http://twitter.com/#!/ZekeJMiller/status/368407223854039040
http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/368408460192268288
http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/368408702094565378
http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/368409681888169984
So, Business Insider transcribed “hurts us” as “racist”?
http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielmalor/status/368408164993363968
http://twitter.com/#!/BenHowe/status/368409256053063680
Business Insider has added a correction to its story.
Correction, 12:26 p.m. ET: An original version of this story said that Reince Priebus referred to Mitt Romney’s comments as “racist.” He said it “hurts us.” Business Insider regrets the error.
While we’re glad Priebus didn’t call self-deportation “racist,” it appears no one is disputing that he called it “horrific.” And that’s still a big problem.
Update:
Brett LoGiurato, author of the Business Insider piece, has issued a mea culpa on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/BrettLoGiurato/status/368460149339344896
