Newt Gingrich blames Chicago torture video on Obama's failure to 'oppose black racism'
Source: RawStory
DAVID EDWARDS
05 JAN 2017 AT 09:47 ET
Donald Trump adviser and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday suggested that President Barack Obama was to blame for a rise in hate crimes because he had failed to oppose black racism.
During an appearance on Fox & Friends, Gingrich linked Obamas presidency to the news that four black men had been detained in Chicago for allegedly torturing a disabled white man.
I think a lot of their language, a lot of their approach heightened that sense of racial tension, Gingrich said of the Obama administration. And I think we have to oppose white racism, we also have to oppose black racism.
And I think if this had been done to an African-American by four whites, every liberal in the country would be outraged and there would be no question that its a hate crime. According to Gingrich, President-elect Donald Trump is trying to avoid having the deep bitter division in the community that makes America very hard to govern.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/newt-gingrich-blames-chicago-torture-video-on-obamas-failure-to-oppose-black-racism/
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Black men have been mowed down by white men with increasing frequency for years now.
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)because we control everything and we oppress white people like you Newt. Is it too early for me to get drunk
underpants
(182,879 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....."black racism". White racism doesn't exist. Maybe he should take a short trip up to South Carolina for the sentencing of Dylann Roof today?
BumRushDaShow
(129,459 posts)He only moved to GA when his military father changed bases (after many other moves) and landed there when he was in high school.
unblock
(52,319 posts)1965Comet
(175 posts)who served in the Congress at the time of the Charleston shooting. They obviously did not condemn "white racism" enough to stop Roof's crime...
cbreezen
(694 posts)Whether or not he intended to, that this was a hate crime.
I could so easily see something like this happening to my son. Sad and scary.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)If these people actually tortured this man, I'm quite sure that they're going be prosecuted and punished... Severely.
Newt, here, is simply fanning white fears of black people and pinning those fears on the scary Black President.
Fuck Newt.
FDT.
yardwork
(61,709 posts)When a white straight male does something horrible, he's acting on his own.
When somebody from a minority group does something horrible, for some reason it's the fault of every other person who shares that particular minority attribute.
Total double standard, totally predictable.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,459 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Gingrich, among many other half-wits, truly loves this narrative as it validates his irrational bias and bigotry. They get to use "minorities are racist too!" in a sentence, revealing much more about themselves than they may intend.
PatSeg
(47,590 posts)I just want to slap him silly. He doesn't even try to disguise his racism and he speaks utter nonsense, but he speaks it so well, people think he knows what he's talking about.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)a good psychological profile on him. He's almost certainly a sociopath without conscience, and many have said so, though without chance to do a formal in-person assessment.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I've watched the unedited video. This was kidnapping and race hate of the first magnitude against a mentally-disabled kid who was completely innocent.
This kind of thing does more damage to race relations than anything imaginable. It give legitimacy to otherwise irrational fears of whites. The perps need to rot in prison and do need hate crime charges brought against them.
The waffling by Chicago PD will only exacerbate idiots like Gingrich and give them a hate narrative. Lock these turds up for 30 years.
The Wizard
(12,547 posts)but with an education and the ability to read. Both bullshit artists.
riversedge
(70,303 posts)3catwoman3
(24,046 posts)...of his own voice and the depth (kidding) of his thinking as Newt himself.
His voice, "frankly," is annoying as hell.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)And talking down to blacks, and hate towards women, place the blame where it should be.
romanic
(2,841 posts)Like Yin and Yang? lol
sorry I had to joke because this whole situation pisses me off, I don't need Newt the Twit to blow hot air about it.
coco22
(1,258 posts)pin every police killing on a black person or BLM,in their eyes whites don't commit crimes. These people will be prosecuted as they should.
Vinca
(50,304 posts)Paladin
(28,272 posts)He is so yesterday.......