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Irish Catholic organization slams GOP for 'defaming' Irish Americans with 'toxic' tweet
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434505-top-irish-catholic-organization-slams-gop-for-defaming-irishThe Ancient Order of Hibernians, the oldest Irish Catholic organization in the country, is denouncing a St. Patrick's Day tweet from the Republican National Committee that showed a photo of Beto O'Rourke's decades-old DWI mug shot, edited to show the former congressman in a leprechaun's hat.
The statement asks the Republican National Committee to issue a statement denouncing the tweet and apologizing to the Irish-American community.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians are shocked and appalled that on St. Patricks Day, a day when America celebrates and honors the contributions that Irish Americans have made to our great country, the GOP would launch an attack on a prospective presidential candidate based solely on his Irish Heritage, the Hibernians said in the statement.
The group blasted the tweet as a scurrilous, stereotype-laced attack and compared it to 19th century anti-Irish cartoons that permeated media at the time.
This offensive meme is nothing more than a 21st-century version of the scurrilous anti-Irish cartoons of Thomas Nast, the group said.
The Hibernians had hoped that the days when a candidates Irish ancestry would be used as a campaign fodder were confined to the dark past; that today American political debate focuses on the issues, not the ancestry of a candidate, they wrote. Sadly, this toxic tweet from the GOP proves we were optimistic and premature in our beliefs.
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The statement asks the Republican National Committee to issue a statement denouncing the tweet and apologizing to the Irish-American community.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians are shocked and appalled that on St. Patricks Day, a day when America celebrates and honors the contributions that Irish Americans have made to our great country, the GOP would launch an attack on a prospective presidential candidate based solely on his Irish Heritage, the Hibernians said in the statement.
The group blasted the tweet as a scurrilous, stereotype-laced attack and compared it to 19th century anti-Irish cartoons that permeated media at the time.
This offensive meme is nothing more than a 21st-century version of the scurrilous anti-Irish cartoons of Thomas Nast, the group said.
The Hibernians had hoped that the days when a candidates Irish ancestry would be used as a campaign fodder were confined to the dark past; that today American political debate focuses on the issues, not the ancestry of a candidate, they wrote. Sadly, this toxic tweet from the GOP proves we were optimistic and premature in our beliefs.
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Irish Catholic organization slams GOP for 'defaming' Irish Americans with 'toxic' tweet (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
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(6,291 posts)1. When I saw that on Facebook I really felt sickened
And it felt like I was whitnessing this old stereotype coming back.
And I hoped that it would backfire. But nothing ever seems to stop these guys. They are all Teflon coated.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,322 posts)2. It was stupid, racist, and
typical crap from the goPutin doormats.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden