How will Tommy Tuberville's corporate backers respond to his racist diatribe?

[douglas9]

On Saturday, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) appeared at a rally in Minden, Nevada, to support the Republican nominee for Senate, Adam Laxit. During his speech at the event, which also featured Donald Trump, Tuberville unleashed a racist diatribe against Black Americans. Tuberville said that reparations, which would provide benefits to Black descendants of slaves, would only benefit criminals.

Some people say, well, [Democrats are] soft on crime. No, they’re not soft on crime. 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! Bullshit!

The crowd, full of people wearing Trump hats and other MAGA paraphernalia, responded by erupting in applause.

The NAACP, one of the nation's most prominent civil rights organizations, had a decidedly different reaction. "Senator Tuberville's comments are flat out racist, ignorant, and utterly sickening," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement released Monday. "His words promote a centuries-old lie about Black people that throughout history has resulted in the most dangerous policies and violent attacks on our community."

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[Chainfire]

1. His corporate supporters bank on the people having short memories.

They will probably funnel more money into his campaign.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Roll back for a few months

Then turn around and support him in his next election.

[Mysterian]

3. Anyone who supported that piece of garbage a week ago

will not be deterred in the least.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. LOL on 'Laxit.' It's in the original story! It's Laxalt. Either a laxative or a Repube douche.

[LonePirate]

5. He's a Republican. Isn't synonymous with racist? They likely already knew.

[bahboo]

6. wonder how his former black players will react....

[Midnight Writer]

7. The corporations will distance themselves, but their Dark Money machine will keep rolling along.

[Genki Hikari]

8. They'll do what they always do

1) Have a public fit of the vapors: "Oh how awful, we don't believe in that!"

2) Cut funding until the furor dies down.

3) Once nobody's talking about it anymore, go right back to bankrolling the fascism.

It's what corporate scum always do.