Texas Dem party leader resigns after facing backlash for referring to Republican Tim Scott as an ‘Oreo’
A Democrat official out of Texas, Gary O’Connor, has resigned after referring to black Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) as an “Oreo” in response to his rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address to Congress.O’Connor, the Democratic Party chairman in Lamar County, Texas, admitted in a public statement on Tuesday to using a “racist term” and said he’d “embarrassed” himself and his political party.“I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hur…
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A Texas Democrat official was “compelled” to offer his resignation from his post on Tuesday after he referred to Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) as a racial slur following Scott’s rebuttal to the President’s recent congressional address.
Lamar County Democratic Party Chairman Gary O’Connor attacked Senator Scott with a degrading term meant to insult Black Americans whom some perceive as “acting White” just because they don’t toe the liberal line. In a now deleted Facebook post, the official referred to Scott – one of just three sitting Black Senators and the nation’s only Black Republican Senator – as an “oreo.” Following the rebuttal speech, O’Connor posted this denigrating statement:
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