Rep. Victor Dabney said he would not bow down to the left in his comments.
Author: WLTX
Updated: 11:14 PM EDT April 7, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Some South Carolina Democratic lawmakers are saying a fellow lawmaker made a racist social media post in objecting to the hate crime bill that's going through the legislature.
The comments involved Rep. Vic Dabney, a Republican from Kershaw County who's in his first term at the State House.
Hours before the vote, however, Dabney posted on his personal Facebook page, but made the comment public, on why he didn't think it should pass.
Dabney said he's spent his entire life watching, in his words, society give in to liberals, and that he was elected to quote "stand up for you, not to bow down to the 'Left.'" He said it's "our whiteness and our 'straightness' that keeps getting in the way," and said that he's constantly reminded that he is the problem because of his skin color (Dabney is white). He then goes on to specifically make remarks about his thoughts on the Black community.