GOP Senator Makes Racist Comment Equating Black People To Criminals

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Democrats support reparations for enslaved people's descendants because "they think the people that do the crime are owed that."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-senator-tuberville-racist-comment-reparations_n_63433220e4b0e376dc02ec98

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville asserted that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.”

The first-term Alabama Republican spoke at a Saturday evening rally in Nevada featuring former President Donald Trump, a political ally. His comments were part of a broader critique in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election, when control of Congress is at stake, about how Democrats have responded to rising crime rates. But Tuberville’s remarks about reparations played into racist stereotypes about Black people committing crimes.

“They’re not soft on crime,” Tuberville said of Democrats. “They’re pro-crime. They want crime. They want crime because they want to take over what you got. They want to control what you have. They want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that.” He ended his appearance with a profanity as the crowd cheered.

Tuberville is falsely suggesting that Democrats promote crime and that only Blacks are the perpetrators. In fact, crime has slowed in the last year and most crimes are committed by whites, according to FBI data. The Democratic Party has not taken a stance on reparations for Black Americans to compensate for years of unpaid slave labor by their ancestors, though some leading Democrats, including President Joe Biden, back the creation of a national commission to study the issue. Some Republicans on Sunday struggled to defend Tuberville’s comments.

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Watch Trump Crowd Eat Up Sen. Tuberville’s Bizarre Racist Tirade

The senator said Democrats "want crime" and "want reparations because they think the people that do the crime are owed that"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tommy-tuberville-crime-reparations-trump-rally-1234607858/

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[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Just preaching to his base n/t

[yourout]

2. The GOP crowd cheered...

[Blue Owl]

3. Time for a Tuber ligation

Cut this racist, dim-witted hypocrite off….