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| | *[[Kamala Harris]] refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as have paid for and staged a supposed [[hate crime]]. Harris claimed MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref> | | *[[Kamala Harris]] refused to walk back her claims in the Jussie Smollett case when Smollett was exposed as have paid for and staged a supposed [[hate crime]]. Harris claimed MAGA supporters had engaged in a "modern day lynching."<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/kamala-harris-modern-day-lynching.jpg</ref> |
| | *Democrat Sarah Immarato called constituents of the district she was running for "93% white and racist."<ref>https://youtu.be/IA6oVlz5SMU</ref> | | *Democrat Sarah Immarato called constituents of the district she was running for "93% white and racist."<ref>https://youtu.be/IA6oVlz5SMU</ref> |
| − | *[[Colin Kaepernick]] rant on [[ESPN]] against the flag and accusing America of murder.<ref>http://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/18957/transcript-of-colin-kaepernicks-comments-about-sitting-during-national-anthem</ref> | + | *[[Colin Kaepernick]]'s rant on [[ESPN]] against the flag and accusing America of murder.<ref>http://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/18957/transcript-of-colin-kaepernicks-comments-about-sitting-during-national-anthem</ref> |
| − | *Homosexual "rights" activist [[Dan Savage]] coined the neologism "Santorum", defined in extremely distasteful and obscene terms, as a means to attack [[Rick Santorum]] over their differing political views | + | *Homosexual rights activist [[Dan Savage]] coined the neologism "Santorum", defined in extremely distasteful and obscene terms, as a means to attack [[Rick Santorum]] over their differing political views |
| | *[[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]] has stated, "gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging....a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a [[white]] male."<ref>Sotomayor, "A Latina Judge’s Voice," (2002), [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all online edition]</ref> | | *[[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]] has stated, "gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging....a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a [[white]] male."<ref>Sotomayor, "A Latina Judge’s Voice," (2002), [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all online edition]</ref> |
| | *During the 1988 Democratic National Convention, would-be and now former Texas Governor [[Ann Richards]] said [[George H.W. Bush]], a war hero and [[World War II]] ace pilot was "born with a silver foot in his mouth". [[Ted Kennedy]], who was born with such a silver foot in his mouth and whose family got him off for letting Mary Jo Kopechne drown at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts in 1969, would speak at the same Convention. | | *During the 1988 Democratic National Convention, would-be and now former Texas Governor [[Ann Richards]] said [[George H.W. Bush]], a war hero and [[World War II]] ace pilot was "born with a silver foot in his mouth". [[Ted Kennedy]], who was born with such a silver foot in his mouth and whose family got him off for letting Mary Jo Kopechne drown at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts in 1969, would speak at the same Convention. |