Hate in the Mainstream
Quotes from the Right
鈥淛ust like termites, they managed to get some of their people in key positions.鈥�
鈥� DAN RAMOS, chairman of the Bexar County, Texas, Democratic Party, in comments later denounced by the head of the Texas Democratic Party, describing gays inside the Democratic Party in a March 11 interview with the San Antonio Current
鈥淵up and his mouth is open, his glasses are off, he鈥檚 ready, little f--聽Jew boy.鈥�
鈥� Schuyler County, Ill., Sheriff DON SCHIEFERDECKER, replying on March 17 to a Facebook comment, 鈥淟ook, I found a f--,鈥� posted under a picture of one of his co-workers
鈥淸W]e are now awash in the disastrous social consequences of people who rut like rabbits.鈥�
鈥� American Family Association official BRYAN FISCHER, in an April 7 blog post on how welfare 鈥渄estroyed the African-American family鈥� and 鈥渋ncentivized fornication鈥�
鈥淣ow you know why no birth certificate.鈥�
鈥� Orange County, Calif., Republican Party Central Committee member MARILYN DAVENPORT, in remarks later condemned by the county GOP chairman, in an April 15 E-mail to friends containing a picture depicting President Obama as a chimpanzee
鈥淎nd now the Homosexual Lobby is out there spreading wall to wall perversion about 鈥榗ross dressers鈥� and 鈥榯ransvestites.鈥欌��
鈥� EUGENE DELGAUDIO, head of the conservative lobbying group Public Advocate of the USA, in an April 26 communication to his followers complaining about activists highlighting a recent attack on a transgender woman
鈥淚鈥檝e taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn鈥檛 study hard because they said the government would take care of them.鈥�
鈥� Republican Oklahoma state Rep. SALLY KERN, explaining on April 27 why she thinks a high percentage of prison inmates are black while defending a proposal to end affirmative action in state government
鈥淸I]f someone is attending speeches 鈥� promoting the violent overthrow of our government 鈥� they should be deported or put in prison.鈥�
鈥� U.S. Sen. RAND PAUL (R-Ky.), in remarks on profiling terror suspects on the May 27 edition of Premiere Radio Network鈥檚 鈥淭he Sean Hannity Show鈥� that ignored constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly
鈥淭hey鈥檙e aborigines.鈥�
鈥� Republican Alabama state Sen. SCOTT BEASON, referring to black people who go to casinos during a taped conversation with other GOP legislators that was played on June 15 during a corruption trial in which Beason is a government witness
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