.@VoteLondonLamar, newly elected Democrat, calls Tennessee ‘racist,’ GOP voters ‘uneducated’ - go.shr.lc/2zVeTLU - @washtimes
London Lamar, who ran uncontested in the state’s House District 91 and will take office in January, posted the controversial video the day after last week’s midterm elections, CBS-affiliated WREG-TV reported.
“Tennessee’s racist. Period. Period. Like, Tennessee is racist,” Ms. Lamar said in the video.
“Most of the Tennesseans who voted Republican are uneducated,” she added. “White men voted Republican over 60 or 70%, so obviously that’s a ...base of people who believe in superiority”
“Most of the Tennesseans who voted Republican are uneducated,” she added. “White men voted Republican over 60 or 70%, so obviously that’s a ...base of people who believe in superiority”
Lamar on Monday apologized for generalizing a group of people but stood by her claim that race played a factor in the election.
“We want to make sure we don’t overgeneralize groups of people. For that, we sincerely apologize,” she told WREG.
“We want to make sure we don’t overgeneralize groups of people. For that, we sincerely apologize,” she told WREG.
Lamar ran unopposed.
“What we have seen is that many of the folks who voted Republican based their judgment on racially charged rhetoric that was coming down from the White House,” she said
“I think Tennessee is very polarized and I think that we need to continue to have conversations about how Tennessee can work on behalf of everybody.”
@VoteLondonLamar >>Ignorance is calling 60-70% of a state "stupid" & "racist" while claiming to condemn racially charged rhetoric
@VoteLondonLamar >>Ignorance is calling 60-70% of a state "stupid" & "racist" while claiming to condemn racially charged rhetoric
