Most notably, he called tea partiers and other republicans white crackers. These tea partiers are the same terrorist white crackers we fought during desegregation share on facebook share on twitter allahpundit posted at 12. Congressman charlie rangel dny made some colorful remarks in a daily beast interview released friday. No outrage or protests occur after they say these things and few people even know about the statements because the media will not cover them. Cracker pejorative cracker, sometimes white cracker, is a usually pejorative term for a white person, mainly used in the southern united states. Dont take offense referring to members of the tea party as white crackers is actually complimentary, said rep. Obama says if he had a son, he would have looked just like trayvon. Now, black democrats have learned that trick and are dropping the cracker card, with their black constituents. It is the same group we faced in the south with those white crackers and the dogs and the police.
White southern democrats would drop the ngger card back then. Aug 02, 20 it is the same group we faced in the south with those white crackers and the dogs and the police. Charlie rangel may think tea partiers are racist, wannabe slaveholders who wish the south won the civil war. Aug 05, 20 white southern democrats would drop the ngger card back then. True, some of them are latino, but given that latinos supported his primary opponents, they are closer to white than black.
Dec 18, 2006 here is a better definition from wikepedia re. Charlie rangel says he thought white cracker was a term of endearment. Also says gop caused more damage to country than alqaeda. Rangel claimed he wants to leave office at the same time as the first black president. I thought that was a term of endearment, you know, rangel said in an interview with the huffington post. The term cracker originated in england, it was used to describe a person was a braggart or who told jokes. Fbi con man sentenced to 22 years in prison in multi.
Jun 23, 2014 this is a new low for the congressman who is no stranger to making horrible comparisons to the tea party. Representative for districts in new york from 1971 to 2017. Charlie rangel dny making a comment about the tea party being the same white crackers who fought against the civil rights movement. After longtime congressman charlie rangel was quoted in the daily beast comparing members of the tea party to those white crackers that violently. Corrupt piece of shit racist criminal charlie rangel says. Trump said he was surprised that a nice guy like rangel would make comments like the ones he did in the first place, and noted, if charlie or whoever it was a republican and they. Charles rangel says he thought cracker was a term of endearment. Aug 06, 20 the feigned offense and hysterical response by the rightwing media to the use of the word cracker by africanamericans, as seen several weeks ago during the trayvon martin murder trial, and now in the aftermath of rangels interview with the daily beast is simply one more example of the white right crying the victomology blues in order. Elayne boosler corrects charlie rangels white cracker comment about tea party posted at 6. Rangel said house republicans are doing more damage to american competitiveness than al qaeda, according to the daily beast. Cracker, sometimes white cracker, is a usually pejorative term for a white person, mainly used in the southern united states.
It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused america to say enough is enough. Charlie rangel dny had gone on a racist rant last week when he said that the tea party was the same white. Charlie rangels recent use of the term white cracker to cooking celebrity paula deen and nfl player riley cooper using the nword. The huffington post s marc lamont hill asked rangel about that description, which many viewed as a racial slur, during an interview on monday. They can scream thru their megaphones on the street for killing white crackers and their babies, but cases brought against them are dismissed. Rangel was first confronted with his 20 statement, when he likened the tea party to the same group we faced in the south, with the white crackers, the dogs and the police, the video showed.
Rangels recent rant against tea party crackers was just one of the topics trump tackled monday morning on. The new york daily news reported that rangel offered a halfhearted. If a statement has to be amended, the committee says its in good faith if done by the end of the year and an explanation as to why. And then you have people like reverend al sharpton, who constantly calls whites crackers and new york congressman charles rangel, who called tea party supporters white crackers. Nov 11, 2014 man shot in the head by road rage driver in brooklyn. The term cracker has been all over the news lately. The veteran congressman claimed he thought white crackers was a term of endearment.
Rangel s suggestion that the tea party is comprised of white crackers is actually a claim that can be empirically evaluated. Charles bernard rangel is an american politician who was a u. In the midst of the george zimmerman trial, for instance, trayvon martins friend rachel jeantel called the defendant a creepy ass cracker during her testimony. And of course, rangel has not been a virtuous man, having run into a few ethical probes and censure. Rangels recent rant against tea party crackers was just. Feb 25, 2016 perhaps the most corrupt person in congress rep. Moonbattery rangel plays the cracker card moonbattery. It is sometimes used in a neutral context in reference to a native of florida or georgia see florida cracker and georgia cracker.
The man that wanted to get along better with our allies decided to throw poland under the. Calling tea partyers white crackers actually term of endearment. Taxcheating congressman charlie rangel once again has accused the tea party of supporting segregation, calling them white crackers. Corrupt and racist jackass charlie rangel doesnt know the. Charles rangel meant no disrespect when he previously called tea party members white crackers he says it was actually a compliment. Discussion about black congressman charlie rangel calls tea party members white crackers page 4 at the godlikeproductions conspiracy forum. I should explain to your lordship what is meant by crackers. Charlie rangel called the tea party the same group of white crackers who opposed civil rights in an interview published friday. Outspoken new york democrat says the tea party is full of the same people who opposed civil rights for black people. May 25, 2019 the amount of misinformation contained in some of these answers is amazing. Jan 16, 2007 cracker the white man and the whip, the origin of why white people are called crackers. Rangel replied that he thought cracker was a term of endearment, adding that with all of the feelings i have against these people who have been against justice, fair play, equality, and the freedoms as we know it, if i offended them by calling them a white cracker, for that i apologize. Charlie rangel says he thought white cracker was a term.
I called tea party white crackers as term of endearment video new york democratic congressman charlie rangel sat down for a wideranging interview with huffington post live, during which he defended his earlier use of the term white crackers as a term of endearment. Cracker term cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a term for white people, used especially for poor rural whites in the southern united states. Aug 02, 20 outrageous comments charlie rangel compares tea party to white cracker oreilly. Good fortune for rangel you might say, until you realize he is about to step into his 23rd term in congress.
Calling tea partyers white crackers actually term of. Jul 01, 20 as you might have gathered from our blogs title, the code switch team is kind of obsessed with the ways we speak to each other. Tea party same crackers that supported segregation in the 1960s. Rangel s use of the term white cracker is, if were going to compare, nowhere near as disturbing or hurtful an insult as the use of the nword, by a white person, aimed at black people.
Michele bachmann calls on charles rangel to apologize for. The longtime congressman ruffled some feathers last year when he. The racist piece of shit, charlie rangel, even calls tea party patriots white crackers charlie rangel would be the same piece of shit racist who would lie and say that it wasnt the democrats who started the kkk, when in reality it is well documented that the democrats started the kkk, and have been against the black man at every point. It is the same group we faced in the south with those white crackers and the dogs and the police, the daily beast quoted rangel. Aug 08, 20 by bob allen a moderate baptist ethicist compared rep.
However virtuous a man, it ought to be time he was made to hang up his coat. Take you lumps like a man charlie, shut up and retire. It is the same group we faced in the south, with those white crackers and the dogs and the police, he said at the time. The difference, robert parham of the baptist center for. The house fighter on the pope, immigration, and why al qaeda has nothing on the gop. Nov 11, 2014 the tax evading racist piece of shit criminal, charlie rangel, who was also censured by congress for his corruption, compares the tea party patriots to racist democrats in the old south, who fought, and still fight to this day to keep black people as slaves, and says that calling white people white crackers is a term of endearment. Racism speaks loud and clear when charlie rangel calls tea party patriots crackers. Charles rangel rants about white crackers in connection with tea party washington the usually affable rep. Then president obama decided to surrender on missile defense.
New york democratic congressman charlie rangel sat down for a wideranging interview with huffington post live, during which he defended his earlier use of the term white crackers as a term of endearment. Give me a break sir, you were the chairman of the ways and means committee that wrote tax law. Tea party same white crackers who opposed civil rights. Men can beat wives lightly says pakistans islamic council. Charlie rangel was wrong to use the term white cracker. Cracker the white man with the whip chancellorfiles. Racism speaks loud and clear when charlie rangel calls tea. Its time to take a stand against the racist double standard.
Charles rangel says he thought cracker was a term of. Charlie rangel dny suggested tea partiers are the same group who fought for segregation during the civil rights movement. Charlie rangel of new york compared congressional republicans to terrorists and likened supporters of the tea party movement to white crackers in an interview published friday. Fau student threatens to kill professor and classmates. Admitting, at least, that the tea party strain of constitutional activism is a threat to democrats, rangel said. If charlie rangel can say cracker, then paula deen should be able to say the. Cracker comes from the gaelic word craic which means a good conversation and is still in use in ireland today. Rangel no better than white southern dems who used.
As you might have gathered from our blogs title, the code switch team is kind of obsessed with the ways we speak to each other. Hes right to insist on the opportunity to clear his name, because the charges against him range from the technical all the way to the trivial. Rangel delivered a halfhearted apology for comparing members of the tea party to segregationist, white crackers of the jim crow era. Ethicist criticizes rangels cracker remark baptist news. Black congressman charlie rangel calls tea party members. Every monday in word watch, well dig into language that tells us. The term cracker was and is used most frequently in the southern u. Aug 02, 20 what do you expect from a taxcheating, racebaiting demagogue like charlie rangel so it would go for charlie rangel over the next four decades a pattern of tax evasion, special treatment and enrichment that seemed to increase with his power and prestige in congress. Donald trump confused about why blacks can say cracker but. Just last week, however, he stirred the pot further, when he said he thought tea partyers would like to be called white crackers since they are so proud of their race. Aug 02, 20 michele bachmann calls on charles rangel to apologize for white crackers comment posted at 5. In an interview with the daily beast published friday, rep. Nov 11, 2014 just last week, however, he stirred the pot further, when he said he thought tea partyers would like to be called white crackers since they are so proud of their race. Charlie rangel at it again, comparing the tea party to hamas.
Black blood cells, white out, ritz crackers, and vanilla extract. A member of the democratic party, he was the secondlongest serving incumbent member of the house of representatives at the time of his retirement, serving continuously since 1971. If you white teaparty crackers were offended by my choice of words, i apologize. Obviously president obama is doing this because the farmers are white. In the early part of her testimony, jeantel described her conversation with trayvon, in which he notices a man looking at him, a man jeantel says martin described as a creepy, white, killmy.
A former defense secretary says rangels talk about the draft, for the sake of argument, has a way of focusing the public. Perhaps charlie rangel needs to recheck his american history before he speaks. Rangel s recent rant against tea party crackers bought him the comparison. Our topics include conspiracy theory, secret societies, ufos and more. Cracker, sometimes white cracker or cracka, is a racist slur against white people, used especially against poor rural whites in the southern united states. Despite jeantels equivocations, those familiar with the word know that it has always referred to poor whites. They didnt care about how they looked, rangel said. Charles rangel says that when he served in korea, he never became upset about seeing dead soldiers unless they looked like me. Michele bachmann calls on charles rangel to apologize for white crackers comment posted at 5. Elayne boosler corrects charlie rangels white cracker. Nixon had already begun the process of criminalizing drugs in new ways, ramping up the federal effort to crack down on dealers and addicts. Aug 02, 20 outspoken new york democrat says the tea party is full of the same people who opposed civil rights for black people. If a cracker is a white person who holds antiblack animus and feelingswhat can range from old fashioned open and public bigotry, to.
The tax evading racist piece of shit criminal, charlie rangel, who was also censured by congress for his corruption, compares the tea party patriots to racist democrats in the old south, who fought, and still fight to this day to keep black people as slaves, and says that calling white people white crackers is a term of endearment. In the summer of 20, rangel used the term white cracker to describe members of the tea party, stating. Congressman charlie rangel calls white people crackers. Because of this, rangel said the tea party could be defeated using the same tactics employed against jim crow.