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- 'The Same of What We've Seen'
- Reparations A Divisive Issue Among Blacks, Whites
- Racial Resentment Ahead of Midterms
When Harris, the Louisiana State University expert, heard Tuberville’s comments, she thought he was “fanning the flames of hate” and demonizing African Americans. Harris said once Trump won the election in 2016, it gave people license to be openly racist. "I think that those ideals have always been there," she said. "Those ideologies have been ther...
Calls for the country to make amends for slavery, whether through direct payments, land grants or other resources, have been debated since the end of the Civil War. Polling on the subject has shown a deep racial split with the vast majority of whites opposing the idea. A 2021 UMass-Amherst surveyshowed 72% of white Americans saying they are against...
Tuberville wasn't the only GOP lawmaker who was fanning the flames of racial resentment this past week. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, accused the Biden administration of allowing undocumented immigrants in the country during an Arizona rally on Sunday. “Joe Biden's five million illegal aliens are on the verge of replacing you, replacing ...
Oct 9, 2022 · Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) went on a wildly racist, white nationalist tirade, referring to Black Americans as “the people who do the crime” during his speech at Saturday’s Trump rally.
Oct 11, 2022 · Several Democrats are responding to the controversial remarks including former Sen. Doug Jones, who responded to the remarks via a video posted on Twitter. “This racist’s rant at a MAGA rally just can’t go uncalled out,” Jones said.
- Carly Laing
Oct 10, 2022 · In a video posted to Twitter Sunday evening, former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat who Tuberville defeated in 2020, said “this racist rant at a MAGA rally has to be called out.”
Oct 9, 2022 · Saturday’s Donald Trump rally in Nevada naturally featured some extremist comments, chief among them a false—and racist—tirade from Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who claimed that Democrats...
Jul 13, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s refusal to denounce white nationalism in a recent interview immediately sparked outrage from members of Congress and social media users.
