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===Racist elected officials===

===Racist elected officials===

 

:{{See also|Liberalism and racism}}

:{{See also|Liberalism and racism}}

Racist Democrat Sens. [[Tammy Duckworth]] and [[Mazie Hirono]] refused to vote for any [[white]] Biden appointee.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/dem-sens-duckworth-and-hirono-threatened-to-vote-against-white-biden-nominees/</ref>

In April 2021, ''[[Twitter]]'' allowed a racist insult against Republican Sen. [[Tim Scott]] of South Carolina to "trend" on its website/platform following the GOP rebuttal to Biden's [[SOTU]] speech in which Scott debunked the liberal leftist agenda, accused Democrats of trying "to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present" and stating,  "America is not a racist country."<ref>AILA SLISCO | ''Newsweek'', Read the Full Text of Tim Scott's Republican Rebuttal of Joe Biden's Joint Address to Congress, https://www.newsweek.com/read-full-text-tim-scotts-republican-rebuttal-joe-bidens-joint-address-congress-1587308, April 28, 2021</ref>  Following the speech, angry leftists flooded ''Twitter'' in attempts to label the Senator "Uncle Tim" and using other racist slurs.  During the rebuttal Scott stated, "I have experienced the pain of discrimination... I get called "[[Uncle Tom]]" and the N-word — by 'progressives'! By liberals!"<ref>CNN Politics, Read Republican Sen. Tim Scott's response to Biden's address to Congress, https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/tim-scott-response-transcript/index.html, Updated 10:51 PM ET, Wed April 28, 2021</ref>  The left traditionally uses the derogatory epithet and hurls it at conservatives who dare to walk off the [[Democrat plantation]].  This has long been a way for bigots to insult black people who are accused of being subservient to whites and used to send an intimidating message to others who might be thinking about leaving the plantation.<ref>Debra Heine | ''AG'' News, Twitter Allows Racist Attacks Against Tim Scott to Trend For Nearly 11 Hours, https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/29/twitter-allows-racist-attacks-against-tim-scott-to-trend-for-nearly-11-hours/, April 29, 2021</ref><ref>https://therightscoop.com/the-most-hideously-shameful-racist-rant-ever-to-air-on-cable-news-was-on-msnbc-yesterday-attacking-tim-scott/</ref>

[[Rhode Island]] Democrat Sen. [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] is a [[systemic racism|systemic racist]] who is a member of an all-white beach club in which his wife is a major shareholder.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/democrat-gets-cornered-over-being-a-member-of-all-white-private-elite-club/</ref><ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/21/sen-sheldon-whitehouses-office-says-beach-club-has-had-members-of-color-doesnt-explain-why-he-said-theyre-still-working-on-it/</ref>

[[Rhode Island]] Democrat Sen. [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] is a [[systemic racism|systemic racist]] who is a member of an all-white beach club in which his wife is a major shareholder.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/democrat-gets-cornered-over-being-a-member-of-all-white-private-elite-club/</ref><ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/21/sen-sheldon-whitehouses-office-says-beach-club-has-had-members-of-color-doesnt-explain-why-he-said-theyre-still-working-on-it/</ref>

In April 2021, ''[[Twitter]]'' allowed a racist insult against Republican Sen. [[Tim Scott]] of South Carolina to "trend" on its website/platform following the GOP rebuttal to Biden's [[SOTU]] speech in which Scott debunked the liberal leftist agenda, accused Democrats of trying "to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present" and stating,  "America is not a racist country."<ref>AILA SLISCO | ''Newsweek'', Read the Full Text of Tim Scott's Republican Rebuttal of Joe Biden's Joint Address to Congress, https://www.newsweek.com/read-full-text-tim-scotts-republican-rebuttal-joe-bidens-joint-address-congress-1587308, April 28, 2021</ref>  Following the speech, angry leftists flooded ''Twitter'' in attempts to label the Senator "Uncle Tim" and using other racist slurs.  During the rebuttal Scott stated, "I have experienced the pain of discrimination... I get called "[[Uncle Tom]]" and the N-word — by 'progressives'! By liberals!"<ref>CNN Politics, Read Republican Sen. Tim Scott's response to Biden's address to Congress, https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/tim-scott-response-transcript/index.html, Updated 10:51 PM ET, Wed April 28, 2021</ref> The left traditionally uses the derogatory epithet and hurls it at conservatives who dare to walk off the [[Democrat plantation]].  This has long been a way for bigots to insult black people who are accused of being subservient to whites and used to send an intimidating message to others who might be thinking about leaving the plantation.<ref>Debra Heine | ''AG'' News, Twitter Allows Racist Attacks Against Tim Scott to Trend For Nearly 11 Hours, https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/29/twitter-allows-racist-attacks-against-tim-scott-to-trend-for-nearly-11-hours/, April 29, 2021</ref><ref>https://therightscoop.com/the-most-hideously-shameful-racist-rant-ever-to-air-on-cable-news-was-on-msnbc-yesterday-attacking-tim-scott/</ref>

The office of Illinois Democrat Rep. [[Brad Schneider]] was sued by a Black staffer for a hostile work environment and retaliation when the staffer complained. A supervisor made jokes about lynching directed toward a Black staffer during a video conference meeting of staff. The suit alleges the lynching jokes were directed at hthe Black staffer because of her race and that the office did not properly discipline the supervisor after being made aware of those actions.  In addition, the staffer was retaliated against for reporting her white supervisor's behavior and subsequently was assigned a smaller work portfolio.  The suit alleges the staffer was instructed to "“get a rope and put it around your neck.”<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/15/rep-brad-schneiders-office-sued-for-hostile-work-environment-retaliation-against-black-employee/</ref>

In May 2021 Chicago [[NBC]]5 reported mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] refused to do interviews with white people.<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1394813036741885954</ref>  The report was confirmed by Chicago [[PBS]] station WTTW.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/reporters-say-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-limiting-interviews-to-black-and-brown-journalists-1076308/</ref> and ''[[USAToday]]''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/20/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-journalists-interviews/5192857001/</ref>  The formal announcement said Lightfoot would only grant interviews to "Black and brown" reports.  Lightfoot complained bitterly about the "whiteness and maleness" of Chicago's [[liberal media]] which had only aided in her election.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/20/lightfoot-defends-her-bigotry-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-and-maleness-of-chicago-media-outlets-1076689/</ref>  ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter Gregory Pratt, a [[Latino]] was granted an interview and asked the mayor’s office to lift its exclusion others.  When the mayor's office refused, Pratt protested the [[racist]] policy and canceled the interview.  A Chicago WGN anchor and a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter supported the ''Tribune'''s action and called on all reporters to boycott the mayor's office racist policies.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/cancel-back-after-mayor-lightfoot-cancels-white-reporters-one-hispanic-reporter-cancels-her-in-return/</ref>  The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement: "that NABJ’s history of advocacy does not support excluding any bona fide journalists from one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, even if it is for one day and in support of activism...We have members from all races and backgrounds and diversity, equity and inclusion must be universal."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/21/black-journalists-group-reluctantly-says-it-cannot-support-chicago-mayors-bigotry-against-white-scribes-1077398/</ref>  [[Civil rights]] attorney [[Leo Terrell]] ripped Lightfoot's policy as "repugnant".<ref>https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1395396192893345797</ref>  Former Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] who excoriated [[Hillary Clinton]] as "the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party", called upon Lightfoot to resign. "I call upon [[Joe Biden|President Biden]], [[Kamala Harris]], and other leaders of our county—of all races—to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot's resignation.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/05/21/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-to-resign-over-antiwhite-racism-n2589828</ref>

In May 2021 Chicago [[NBC]]5 reported mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] refused to do interviews with white people.<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1394813036741885954</ref>  The report was confirmed by Chicago [[PBS]] station WTTW.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/reporters-say-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-limiting-interviews-to-black-and-brown-journalists-1076308/</ref> and ''[[USAToday]]''.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/20/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-journalists-interviews/5192857001/</ref>  The formal announcement said Lightfoot would only grant interviews to "Black and brown" reports.  Lightfoot complained bitterly about the "whiteness and maleness" of Chicago's [[liberal media]] which had only aided in her election.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/20/lightfoot-defends-her-bigotry-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-and-maleness-of-chicago-media-outlets-1076689/</ref>  ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter Gregory Pratt, a [[Latino]] was granted an interview and asked the mayor’s office to lift its exclusion others.  When the mayor's office refused, Pratt protested the [[racist]] policy and canceled the interview.  A Chicago WGN anchor and a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter supported the ''Tribune'''s action and called on all reporters to boycott the mayor's office racist policies.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/cancel-back-after-mayor-lightfoot-cancels-white-reporters-one-hispanic-reporter-cancels-her-in-return/</ref>  The National Association of Black Journalists issued a statement: "that NABJ’s history of advocacy does not support excluding any bona fide journalists from one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, even if it is for one day and in support of activism...We have members from all races and backgrounds and diversity, equity and inclusion must be universal."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/21/black-journalists-group-reluctantly-says-it-cannot-support-chicago-mayors-bigotry-against-white-scribes-1077398/</ref>  [[Civil rights]] attorney [[Leo Terrell]] ripped Lightfoot's policy as "repugnant".<ref>https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1395396192893345797</ref>  Former Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] who excoriated [[Hillary Clinton]] as "the personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic party", called upon Lightfoot to resign. "I call upon [[Joe Biden|President Biden]], [[Kamala Harris]], and other leaders of our county—of all races—to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot's resignation.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/05/21/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-to-resign-over-antiwhite-racism-n2589828</ref>

Further, the DCNF alleged “on information and belief” that Lightfoot was aware that Catenacci is white, and that because of that and her newly announced policy of interviewing only “journalists of color,” he was being denied the opportunity to sit down and interview her in his [[legal capacity|capacity]] as a [[journalist]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/27/daily-caller-news-foundation-lori-lightfoot-lawsuit/</ref>

Further, the DCNF alleged “on information and belief” that Lightfoot was aware that Catenacci is white, and that because of that and her newly announced policy of interviewing only “journalists of color,” he was being denied the opportunity to sit down and interview her in his [[legal capacity|capacity]] as a [[journalist]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/27/daily-caller-news-foundation-lori-lightfoot-lawsuit/</ref>

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