Current Events > Which of Congressman Jason Lewis' shithead takes is the dumbest?

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Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minnesota) said all these things on his old radio show
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/27/politics/kfile-jason-lewis-government-assistance/index.html

Republican Rep. Jason Lewis has repeatedly demeaned recipients of welfare and government assistance, calling them "parasites" and "scoundrels," and said the black community had "traded one plantation for another."

Lewis made the comments on a conservative radio show he hosted, "The Jason Lewis Show," from 2009 to 2012. CNN's KFile previously reported that Lewis made racist comments about African-Americans and lamented not being able to call women "sluts" on his program.

The Minnesota congressman's extreme rhetoric in his previous job, which he described as rooted in libertarianism, also included calling the part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that applied to private businesses "unconstitutional" as well as calling the Americans with Disabilities Act "one of the worst" laws and suggesting that it might be the cause of workplace shootings. He also said religious freedom laws didn't "go far in enough in allowing discrimination."

CNN's KFile obtained the audio recording from MinnPost columnist and former deputy chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota Michael Brodkorb, who previously posted some comments from Lewis' show in a column in February 2016. KFile contacted Brodkorb after seeing his 2016 column and requested raw audio files of Lewis' show, which he provided.

Lewis was narrowly elected to represent Minnesota's 2nd District in 2016 and is considered one of the most endangered House Republicans in the midterm election. CNN rates the race as a "toss up," the most competitive designation.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he doesn't support Lewis' prior comments, but said Lewis is different as a lawmaker than he was as a "shock jock." He would not call on him to apologize.

On his radio show in September 2012, Lewis explained why he thought then-President Barack Obama was leading Mitt Romney in election polls, saying Democrats were supported by "parasites" on government assistance.

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wow another republican racist.

who would have guessed