Current Events > PAC won't pull ad suggesting that democrats will lynch African-Americans.

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Tmaster148
10/21/18 1:31:17 PM
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pac-wont-pull-ad-suggesting-lynching-if-democrats-win

A political action committee said Friday that it wont pull a widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month.

Vernon Robinson with Black Americans for the Presidents Agenda said Friday that the group wont cancel the radio ad running in the Little Rock area in support of Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill. He said the group also wont pull a similar ad he says is airing in Missouri. The ads in both states are scheduled to run through Friday, Robinson said.

Theres no plan to change the current mix of ads. We have a plan, were executing the plan, Robinson, the PACs co-founder and treasurer, told The Associated Press.

Hill and his Democratic challenger, Clarke Tucker, have condemned the Arkansas ad, which invokes the accusation that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when he was a teenager. The ad implies that Democrats support for Kavanaughs accuser means black men wouldnt be protected from unfounded rape claims.

A woman in the ad says that white Democrats will be lynching black folk again.

Im voting to keep Congressman French Hill and the Republicans, because we have to protect our men and boys, the woman in the ad says. We cant afford to let white Democrats take us back to bad old days of race verdicts, life sentences and lynchings when a white girl screams rape.

Arkansas Republicans on Friday filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission against the PAC over the ad. The complaint said the committee had not registered to campaign in Arkansas and that the ads were running illegally. Robinson said he planned to talk with the Ethics Commission staff to determine the next step.

Robinson has said the ad is part of a $50,000 buy.

Tucker and Democrats are relying in part on heavy turnout from African-Americans to flip the 2nd District seat, which covers Little Rock and seven central Arkansas counties. The ad isnt the first time racially charged issues have come into play in the race. Tucker last month denounced immigration attack mailers sent out by Republican Sen. Tom Cottons PAC as racist. Tucker earlier this month said a statue of his great-great-grandfather should be removed from the U.S. Capitol, condemning his ancestors statement that the South looked to the Democratic Party to preserve white standards.

Hill and Tucker are both white. The 2nd District is about 23 percent black, according to U.S. Census estimates.

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Nomadic View
10/21/18 1:36:09 PM
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I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.
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The Great Muta 22
10/21/18 1:38:03 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.


Doesn't mean it isn't horribly offensive and completely ridiculous
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Nomadic View
10/21/18 1:39:12 PM
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The Great Muta 22 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.


Doesn't mean it isn't horribly offensive and completely ridiculous


Then itll backfire.
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Smashingpmkns
10/21/18 1:39:52 PM
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Pretty fucked up.
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Irregardless
10/21/18 1:40:50 PM
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"Our opponents will fucking kill you!"
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The Great Muta 22
10/21/18 1:44:40 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
The Great Muta 22 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.


Doesn't mean it isn't horribly offensive and completely ridiculous


Then itll backfire.


That's not how it works
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Bishop9800
10/21/18 1:46:05 PM
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Irregardless posted...
"Our opponents will fucking kill you!"


"While we will strip away your right to vote."
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Seriously. I don't care what side of the fence someone is on, if they are a piece of crap, they are a piece of crap.
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monkmith
10/21/18 1:46:05 PM
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easy counter, put out an ad reminding everyone that liberal values freed the slaves while conservative values were still lynching people into the 60s...
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People die when they are killed.
Quando il gioco e finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola
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Chad-Henne
10/21/18 1:46:59 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
The Great Muta 22 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.


Doesn't mean it isn't horribly offensive and completely ridiculous


Then itll backfire.


Congrats on escaping the cave you've been trapped in for the past 3 years
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Nomadic View
10/21/18 3:30:30 PM
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The Great Muta 22 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
The Great Muta 22 posted...
Nomadic View posted...
I imagine most black people are intelligent enough to realize thats a bit hyperbolic.


Doesn't mean it isn't horribly offensive and completely ridiculous


Then itll backfire.


That's not how it works


So, this advertisement is effective?
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