Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) known as out Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for operating vile and racist advertisements touting white alternative idea.
Rep. Lieu tweeted:
I name once more on @GOPLeader and GOP Rep @EliseStefanik to sentence white alternative idea.
I additionally name on Rep Elise Stefanik to apologize for operating advertisements selling the vile, racist and anti-Semitic alternative idea. https://t.co/8RPVVUnpXU
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 16, 2022
Stefanik issued an announcement about being in comparison with the Buffalo shooter the place she by no means disavowed white alternative idea:
Nice Alternative Concept is a vile, racist and false conspiracy idea that the Buffalo assassin relied upon. GOP Rep Elise Stefanik ran advertisements selling it.
Rep @EliseStefanik has now issued an announcement and nowhere does she say “I condemn alternative idea.” Why? https://t.co/jJzm9sUSoX
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 16, 2022
Republicans like Stefanik encourage a home terror assault after which get outraged when they’re known as out on it. Stefanik threw within the bit about nationwide police week which has nothing to do with the Buffalo taking pictures or the truth that the New York congresswoman pushes a racist idea that the Buffalo shooter used to justify his actions.
Your complete Republican 2022 election message revolves round racism. When Republicans speak about child method and the border, they’re participating in a racist assault by suggesting that brown migrant infants are getting method that white infants shouldn’t have entry to.
It’s racism, and Rep. Lieu known as it out.
The beliefs of skinheads and Klansmen have gone mainstream within the Republican Occasion.
GOP leaders must disavow the hate that they’re mainstreaming or be ready to face the results for the deaths that they’re inspiring.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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