Of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She was black. You know, as you do. So reportedly the state Republican Party in North Carolina decided to not get involved in this situation in winstonsalem, but the local party did drop their support for mr. Knox. After initially telling the local paper that he felt that the local Rep
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coined the white house scum bags. Darrell issa is comparing president obama with president nixon. But the freakout once again doesnt square with reality. Heres what got things going. Rhodes refers to a prep call with susan rice ahead of her appearances on those five sunday talk shows the weekend after the tragedy. Rhodes calls one of the goals for the interv
Incumbent mayor of winstonsalem for the mayors job, James Lee Knox has just lost the support of his local Republican Party. The forsythe county Republican Party has announced that they no longer support James Lee Knox in his bid to become the next mayor of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She was black. You know, as you
Reporter i think the motive will take several more days to try to figure out, chris. We are learning more about precisely what was going through apparently the mind of aaron alexis. And it is clear why officials were saying in the last 12 hours or so that his condition was rapidly deteriorating. We know that just last month he called the police in newport, rhode island, where he was working at a contractor up there. He told them he had checked into a hotel after being in two other hotels and moving around because he said he kept hearing voices coming out of the walls or the ceilings or the closet in these rooms. And he was trying to get away from the voices. He thought they were people that were following him. He worried that the voices were people that would cause him harm. He said somebody was using what he called a microwave machine against him to send vibrations that were disturbing his sleep. Shortly after that he sought treatment for psychiatric problems at a va hospital. Now, th