re: #9 Mattand

Don’t know the origin, but calling a black person a spade is a long standing slur.

The fact that a Southern GOP politician would use that while talking about the first black President? I think Rep. Cantor’s Tweet deletion speaks for itself

Let’s be fair. He’s from Northern Virginia, not from Alassissippi.

I’m sure he deleted it because it could be construed as offensive, but I’m still not cynical enough to assume that he was playing off of a slur I’ve honestly never heard of.