Add Scott Walker (R-WI) to the list, as it's revealed that
he took thousands from the Council of 'Conservative' Citizens (CofCC).…
The list of Republicans who took money
from a known hate group keeps growing. Add Scott Walker (R-WI)
to the list, as it’s revealed that he took thousands from the Council
of 'Conservative' Citizens (CofCC).
The moron is expected to announce his 2016 candidacy any day now.
Scott Walker is going to forfeit $3,500 in
gubernatorial campaign donations that came from the wingnut hate cabal that inspired the racist terrorist attack by Dylann Roof,
according to report by the Guardian :
Following an inquiry from the Guardian, a spokeswoman for Walker said he would be giving up money he received in recent years from Earl Holt, the president of the Council of 'Conservative' Citizens (CofCC).
“The governor will be donating this money to charity,” the spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said in an email.
Holt’s Council of 'Conservative' Citizens propaganda was heavily cited on what seems to be Dylann Roof’s manifesto.
It will surprise no one to discover that Holt donated to the Teabagger Express,
among other wingnuts. The teabaggers after all, were known to
carry signs suggesting the first black President was an ape, using the
n-word, and more. Their racist motivation wasn’t exactly well-disguised.
Lest you have any doubts of their intentions, the
CofCC put out a statement after the terrorist attack inspired by their
rhetoric that killed nine people, in which they basically said this is
wrong, but if things don’t get better for white people, expect more
violence:
Council of 'Conservative' Citizens defends Roof's "legitimate grievances"
Of course, mainstream Republicans are being funded
by a white nationalist group. This isn’t a surprise. Just read Holt’s
online comments and they closely mirror the way Republicans speak about
minorities, except Republicans use the Southern strategy of “disguised”
racism. Comments written in Holt’s name say that black people were “the
laziest, stupidest and most criminally-inclined race in the history of
the world.”
Other Republican 2016 candidates who received money from the group are Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), Rick
Santorum (R-PA). And Mitt Romney received money in from
them in 2012.
Campaigns are supposed to check out groups who
donate, but most pocket the cash without looking sideways, so it’s not
clear that Republicans knew they were taking money from a racist hate
group. In fact, Republicans are falling over themselves to return the
money now.
But the real question is why did his racist hate group want them in office so much that they donated $65,000 to Republicans?
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