Racist Email Flap Blows Up Virginia Beach GOP | TPMDC
Racist Email Flap Blows Up Virginia Beach GOP | TPMDC
Virginia Beach is the biggest city in Virginia, and the hometown of the state’s current Republican Governor, Bob McDonnell. Now it’s also home to the latest example of a racist email forward destroying a prominent conservative’s political credibility and possibly career.
As the progressive Blue Virgina blog reported Monday — and I independently confirmed from one of the recipients Tuesday — Virginia Beach Republican Party chair Dave Bartholomew forwarded a racist email comparing African Americans to dogs…
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The text of the message, in full:
MY DOG
I went down this morning to sign up my Dog for welfare.
At first the lady said, “Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare”.
So I explained to her that my Dog is black, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and has no frigging clue who his Daddy is.
So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify…
My Dog gets his first check Friday.
Is this a great country or what?
Update:
Republican Chairman in Virginia Beach Quits After Racist E-Mail Surfaces
The Republican Party chairman in a tidewater Virginia community has resigned after forwarding a racist e-mail that compared African-Americans to dogs…