Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explains her view to reporters Thursday on whether race plays a factor within the GOP when considering immigration reform legislation. In a week filled with allegations of racism, Pelosi told reporters that “I think race has something to do with them not bringing up the immigration bill. I’ve heard […]
Republican House Speaker John Boehner responds to a question about whether race plays into challenging the Obama administration on different issues. The question was in response to remarks made Wednesday by Attorney General Eric Holder in a speech to supporters of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. During the speech, Holder had gone of script […]
Speaking on the 40th anniversary of his record breaking home run, Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron spoke to USA Today about race relations in America. Aaron told the paper that the country still has a long way to go when it comes to race relations and went on to compare critics of President Obama […]
“The SPLC has obtained exclusive audio of an Arizona legislator mocking Latinos and other minorities with racially charged jokes at a recent roast of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the Western Conservative Conference. Arpaio is under the scrutiny of a federal monitor appointed last year by a judge who found his deputies have engaged […]
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told an interviewer that being a woman would be a bigger disadvantage than being African-American when running for president. Cal Thomas began his piece writing: With less than a year left in her fourth and final term in Congress, it’s a little early for an exit interview, but not too early […]