You know who is not eager to see this shooting as racially motivated? Most of the Republicans running for president. Top-tier candidates such as Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio offered short statements on Twitter extending their prayers and condolences to the victims and the community, but all avoided any mention of the gunman’s apparent racist motivation or even the victims’ race.
Friday, June 19, 2015
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Slate: GOP Hopefuls Would Rather Not Talk About Race and the Charleston Shooting By Josh Voorhees
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I suggest a thought experiment, flip this over and make it an angry black man shooting 9 white folks in a church somewhere in the south and see how this movie plays. I wonder if the GOP candidates would respond in the same way?
Not at all, we'd be hearing about single mothers, thug culture, moral deprivation, and on and on and on. Bill O'Reilly would lead the charge.
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