Radio ad in Arkansas House race says 'white Democrats will be lynching black folk again'
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A conservative group is running a radio ad in an Arkansas House race that says, "white Democrats will be lynching black folk again."
The controversial ad, paid for by the political action committee Black Americans for the President's Agenda, is running in support of Republican Rep. French Hill in Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District. Hill condemned the ad, calling it "appalling."
"Our Congressman French Hill and the Republicans," a woman is heard saying in the radio ad, "know that it's dangerous to change the presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt — especially for black men."
"If the Democrats can do that to a white Justice of the Supreme Court with no evidence, no corroboration and all of her witnesses, including her best friend, say it didn't happen — what will happen to our husbands? Our fathers? Or our sons when a white girl lies on them?"
"Girl, white Democrats will be lynching black folk again," the ad says.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was narrowly confirmed to the Supreme Court after California professor Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school. Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the allegation.
Hill reacted to the ad and told CNN, "I condemn this outrageous ad in the strongest terms. There's no place in Arkansas for this nonsense."
Clarke Tucker, the Democrat challenging Hill, said in a statement, "Congressman Hill and his allies will have to live with the kind of campaign they're running. This radio ad is disgraceful and has no place in our society."
Vernon Lucius Robinson, a conservative political activist and the co-founder of Black Americans for the President's Agenda, told CNN the radio ad is currently running and will run until next week.
"Yes, Black Americans for the President's Agenda paid for that ad," Robinson said. "The MeToo movement overreached and the biggest threat with switching the presumption of innocence to the presumption of guilt is to black men."
Asked about the use of lynching in the ad and the fact that Hill's campaign condemned it, Robinson said he didn't care.
"This is the deal," he said. "Unfortunately Republican consultants have told the candidates, the party and their allies, do not communicate with black voters. ... It is hard to make a sale if you don't ask for the business."
It's unclear how many times and where the ad ran in Arkansas. Black Americans for the President's Agenda's FEC filing in October indicates the group spent around $8,000 on radio ad production and placement.
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Yikes! Instead of this Nation moving forward...we're taking giant steps backwards.
Yes the gop/republicans are certainly doing that cms5
Political Ads are plummeting into the basement...where DRAMA and ATTACKS are replacing intelligent platforms. BOTH parties are guilty.
BULLSHIT!
Okay - you made me laugh!
Are you claiming that one particular party never runs anything but intelligent, platform driven political ads...PACs included?
I'm not claiming diddly squat - you are.
Chuckle away dear.
So, your 'BULLSHIT' was misplaced?
That's true, though only one has sunk to the level of accusing the other party of bringing back lynching blacks. And interestingly, it's the party that has embraced neo-Nazi's, the KKK and white supremacists of all stripes.
So it's actually a Political Action Committee that has no real ties to one party of the other-they are their own entity, making a commerical that was condemned by both candidates. So how is this the Republican's fault?
Sorta like, "We'll see what happens," the Trump remark concerning an allegedly 'chopped up and thus far missing, body?
Who knows, the BAPA PAC could be straight out of St. Petersburg from the Saudis.
"The controversial ad, paid for by the political action committee Black Americans for the President's Agenda, is running in support of Republican Rep. French Hill in Arkansas"
Are you really going to pretend that PAC's really have nothing to do with the parties and candidates they spend millions of dollars in ads supporting? Really?
'Or our sons when a white girl lies on them?"
Well that would be sexual assault if the girl is passed out drunk or this was without her consent.
What do white girls/black men have to do with this? I'm confused.
Look at the demographics......aw, never mind, there's no point.
Vile republican tactics as usual, nothing new, that's how they roll.
And condemned by the Republican candidate.
But......
The same goes for the democrats and the incredible bullshit they tried to pass over during Kavanaugh's nomination hearings.
You mean the heartfelt testimony of a sexual assault survivor? Heartless partisans without an ounce of empathy are the only ones claiming it was "bullshit".
The oft revered Founding Fathers would be quite proud of them, me thinks not:(
Some local coverage , posted in full because of limited access to the site.
Excellent post AH!
That is called hitting the nail on the head my friend....