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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 09:37 AM Feb 2022

Loud 'racist dog-whistle'

''Democrats are up in arms over GOP critics blasting President Biden’s vow to pick a Black woman for the Supreme Court, saying the notion that Biden’s strategy represents affirmative action is merely “political race-baiting” designed to stir up the Republican base.

“It’s the racist dog-whistle that everyone hears,” said Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat and member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). . . ''



https://thehill.com/homenews/house/593422-democrats-accuse-gop-of-race-baiting-with-court-pick-attacks

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Loud 'racist dog-whistle' (Original Post) empedocles Feb 2022 OP
I can't hear the "dog whistle" over the sound of that bullhorn. Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #1
From the start Biden should have announced he would nominate "the most qualified person," sop Feb 2022 #2
It was promised in the debate JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #4
I think they have moved passed the dog whistles at this point. LiberatedUSA Feb 2022 #3

sop

(10,233 posts)
2. From the start Biden should have announced he would nominate "the most qualified person,"
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 10:44 AM
Feb 2022

then just pick a black woman and let the racists deal with it.

JustAnotherGen

(31,869 posts)
4. It was promised in the debate
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 11:19 AM
Feb 2022

Prior to the SC Primary. He's telling me and those black folks who are never head in South Carolina except for the primary -

Promise made, promise kept.

I don't pay attention to the primaries until South Carolina. I'm in NJ and we are at the end. South Carolina tells me what those that look like me are thinking.

I've already shifted to the new dominant culture. The old dominant culture is just going to have to get by. We can't continue to tip toe around their 'feelings'. Their 'feelings' got us Trump.

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