Roy Moore: America was great under slavery

[Morphine Prince 109,654]

GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore stunned some listeners when he said he thought America was “great” during the era of slavery. Though he made the comments at a campaign rally in Florence, Alabama, more than two months ago, they’ve re-emerged in a viral tweet just days before the election.

Back in September, one of the few African-Americans in the crowd asked the candidate when he thought was the “last time” America was great. 

“I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong, our country had a direction,” Moore responded, according to a Los Angeles Times report in September.

At the same rally, he also referred to Native Americans and Asians as “reds and yellows,” the LA Times reported.

Moore’s comments resurfaced Thursday in a tweet by Eric Columbus, who served in the departments of Justice and Homeland Security during the Obama administration. Columbus linked to the LA Times story, saying, “Can’t make this up.” His message was retweeted thousands of times.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-moore-slavery-twitter-response_us_5a29d45be4b069ec48ac1aae

 

[Tom Nook 37,820]

Omg he is scum  how could anybody support him let alone vote for him 

[DiscoStyx 3,355]

who is this person

 can this person not exist

[LaLuna 12,732]

Can we just not pay attention to this mentally challenged person please 

[Zilla 13,451]

Yet most of the GOP is supporting him. I hate to say it but he's from the bible belt, now I know not everyone is like this, but those values still run deep down there. Doesn't make it okay in the slightest though. 

This man should never hold office. Ever. But they'll probably vote him in bc of Trump's influence.

[Eighteen 5,430]

this ****ing country lol

[Whispering 18,865]

17 minutes ago, LaLuna said:

Can we just not pay attention to this mentally challenged person please 

Well, he's running for the US Senate and has a very good chance of winning...so he's kind of hard to ignore. 

[Bebe 17,289]

Roy Moore is like the litmus test for the Republican party... How toxic can one person be before the party disowns him and the voters turn blue? The results so far are a little troubling.

[Whispering 18,865]

Except for that part where we broke up families and sold them to the highest bidder. 

You know, the good old days.

[PartySick 172,486]

How is he real?

1 minute ago, Bebe said:

How toxic can one person be before the party disowns him and the voters turn blue?

They don't even need to turn blue, they just need to put up with a Democrat until they can get a sane Republican in office

[Whispering 18,865]

2 minutes ago, Bebe said:

Roy Moore is like the litmus test for the Republican party... How toxic can one person be before the party disowns him and the voters turn blue? The results so far are a little troubling.

In 1991 when David Duke was running for governor, Bush and the GOP publicly denounced him. I wonder if they would do that today? I seriously have my doubts. 

[Bebe 17,289]

1 minute ago, Whispering said:

In 1991 when David Duke was running for governor, Bush and the GOP publicly denounced him. I wonder if they would do that today? I seriously have my doubts. 

Well, if he is going to push for tax cuts for the rich and help overturn Obamacare then who cares if David Duke is a little 'politically incorrect' right?

Lowkey, I kinda have doubts they would disown him too  

[Morphine Prince 109,654]

13 minutes ago, PartySick said:

How is he real?

Mte. How is anything in the last year REAL? 

We are truly living in a dark, anti-intellectual era. 

[MonsterPaws 2,745]

It was only "great" for the groups that benefited from slavery.

Despicable.

[Whispering 18,865]

Roy Moore:

The "good old days"...when you could go out to the fields and pull some teen of your liking...and no one made you feel bad about being a pervert and a rapist.