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Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:16 PM Jun 2015

A political prick in South Carolina

Here are the words of state rep Bill Chumley (R) during the “debate” in the South Carolina legislature.

South Carolina state Rep. Bill Chumley (R) told CNN he thinks the nine victims of a shooting in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, “waited their turn to be shot.”

Chumley was defending the use of the Confederate flag at the South Carolina capitol grounds when he made the remarks, blaming “misuse and miseducation of the flag” for the debate over its use. Chumley argued access to guns, not the Confederate flag, is what South Carolina lawmakers should be focusing on in the aftermath of the massacre.

“These people sat in there and waited their turn to be shot,” Chumley said. “That’s sad. Somebody in there with a means of self-defense could’ve stopped this.”



This is from Rachel Maddow’s blog and you can read the rest for yourself here:

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/never-blame-the-victims#break

while I go puke.
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A political prick in South Carolina (Original Post) Cyrano Jun 2015 OP
i imagine the sc house is full of these racists spanone Jun 2015 #1
He is co-chair of Cruz's exboyfil Jun 2015 #2

spanone

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1. i imagine the sc house is full of these racists
Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:18 PM
Jun 2015

i'll be surprised if they vote to take the flag down

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