A Tennessee Democrat newly elected to the House of Representatives has apologized for saying the state is racist and most residents who voted Republican are uneducated.
London Lamar, who ran uncontested in Tennessee's House District 91, made the remarks in a 15-minute video posted to Facebook after last week's midterm election.
'Tennessee's racist. Period. Period. Like, Tennessee is racist,' Lamar, a black woman, said in the since-deleted video.
She added: 'Most of the Tennesseeans who voted Republican are uneducated.'
The video was posted on Wednesday and taken down by Friday, but not before being widely shared and captured in full by local news outlets.
Lamar's comments were not well-received by many constituents in the Democrat-leaning district, which includes Memphis.
The congresswoman-elect offered a partial apology on Monday, saying: 'We want to make sure we don't over-generalize groups of people,' while maintaining that race played a role in elections across the 'polarized state'.
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4 comments:
She should be recalled for these divisive remarks. She has revealed her agenda and it will be one that does not benefit the citizens of Tenn.
We should never accept apologies from democrats for things like this because this is exactly what they believe and feel. F%%$ them!!
Next time I am turned down for a job I am going to sue the company for being racist! I don't care who owns it because that is the "in" thing to do when you don't get your way...right?
She added: 'Most of the Tennesseeans who voted Republican are uneducated.'
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Ironically the truth is most people who vote Democrat are the uneducated ones.
Has anyone else notice that the Democrats have been stealing the Republican talking points like uneducated, low informed, snow flakes, butt hurt, etc.?
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