Updated: 16:44 ET, May 4 2021
LAMAR County Democratic Party chair Gary O’Connor resigned on Tuesday after calling Sen Tim Scott an oreo on Facebook last week.
O’Connor announced his resignation Tuesday in a statement after several days of backlash to his comment about the South Carolina Republican.
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Lamar County Democratic Party chair Gary O’Connor resigned on Tuesday after calling Sen Tim Scott an oreo on social media.Credit: AP
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The controversial social media post.Credit: Twitter I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page, O’Connor said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
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Lamar County Democratic Party Chairman Gary O Connor has resigned after making an ass of himself and calling Senator Tim Scott, who s Black, an oreo on his Facebook page. I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of the racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page, O Connor told the Washington Examiner. It was insensitive, and I have embarrassed myself and my party by its use.
He went on to say: As a result, I feel compelled to offer my resignation as chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party for consideration by the County Executive Committee.
Although Lamar County Democratic Party chair Gary O Connor has issued a public apology to Sen. Tim Scott and Lamar County residents for his use of a racial slur in a since-deleted April 30 Facebook post regarding Scott s rebuttal to President Joseph Biden s address to Congress, local representatives of the Lamar County, Texas Democratic Party are not accepting his resignation. To Sen. Tim Scott, the residents of Lamar County, especially our Black residents, and to my family and friends, I profoundly apologize for the racially insensitive remark I made towards Sen. Scott last week. I was wrong and I apologize, O Connor said in an email to The Paris News.
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The Texas Democratic official who called Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., an oreo on Twitter last week has resigned from his position following a backlash.
Lamar County Democratic Party chair Gary O’Connor announced his resignation Tuesday in a statement, days after sparking a firestorm online by calling Scott an oreo in a since-deleted Facebook post.
O’Connor apologized for targeting Scott with the racial slur, which refers to a Black person who is perceived as acting White. I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page, O’Connor said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. It was insensitive, and I have embarrassed myself and my party by its use.
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