Florida GOP lawmaker uses n-word with black colleagues

[CaliCat 3,957]

Another winner!

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/329442-florida-gop-lawmaker-calls-black-colleagues-n-report

 

Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles (R) used a racial slur while speaking to a pair of black colleagues during a private conversation this week, according to a report in the Miami Herald. 

Artiles also called one of his colleagues a "f---ing a****e," a "b****h" and a "girl," the two state senators speaking to Artiles told the Herald. 

The remarks were made over drinks at night at a club near the state Capitol. 

The state senator used the racial slur in describing how Senate President Joe Negron was elected GOP leader. 

Artiles said "six n------" in the GOP caucus had elected Negron. 

 

State Sens. Audrey Gibson (D) and Perry Thurston (D), who are both African-American, told the Herald that Artiles defended his use of the slur by saying that he had actually been using a slang variation of the slur and that the slang was not meant to be insulting.

Thurston said Artiles also also called Negron a "p---y."

[Transborderwife 4,666]

I'm not saying he didn't say it, but overheard during drinks is different than a smoking gun.

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 minute ago, Transborderwife said:

I'm not saying he didn't say it, but overheard during drinks is different than a smoking gun.

 

I thought so too, but he apologized. Smoke. Fire. 

 

Artiles has since apologized to Gibson and publicly for his remarks.

"In an exchange with a colleague of mine in the Senate, I unfortunately let my temper get the best of me,” Artiles said in a statement. “There is no excuse for the exchange that occurred and I have apologized to my Senate colleagues and regret the incident profusely.”

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, CaliCat said:

 

I thought so too, but he apologized. Smoke. Fire. 

 

Artiles has since apologized to Gibson and publicly for his remarks.

"In an exchange with a colleague of mine in the Senate, I unfortunately let my temper get the best of me,” Artiles said in a statement. “There is no excuse for the exchange that occurred and I have apologized to my Senate colleagues and regret the incident profusely.”

Could be damage control but anyway I have no horse in the race.

 

i suppose the question becomes what next 

[IAMX 3,055]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/politics/barack-obama-n-word-race-relations-marc-maron-interview/

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President Barack Obama used the n-word during an interview released Monday to make a point that there's still plenty of room for America to combat racism.

 

"Racism, we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say *** in public," Obama said in an interview for the podcast "####### with Marc Maron."

 

 

.. and no "apology".

 

 

Edited April 20, 2017 by IAMX

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 minute ago, Transborderwife said:

Could be damage control but anyway I have no horse in the race.

 

i suppose the question becomes what next 

 

 

He needs to do some damage control. This is not what the GOP needs at this point.