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What, exactly, is wrong with Mike Huckabee? Thats what a lot of observers are asking after the former Arkansas governor and Christian minister tweeted out a photo this morning of what appears to be a group of Latino gang members, and joked that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosione of the Republican Partys favorite Democratic bogeywomenhad just introduced her campaign committee to take back the House.
There are two glaring problems here: First, the tweet is racist in its implications. Second, amid an ongoing border crisis in which President Donald Trump has made deeply dehumanizing statements about desperate asylum seekersgoing so far as comparing them to insectsHuckabees tweet falls into a Republican pattern of low-brow scapegoating.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/mike-huckabee-ms-13-scapegoating-tweet/
cloudbase
(5,532 posts)So many answers.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)dembotoz
(16,866 posts)Cary
(11,746 posts)still_one
(92,539 posts)LonePirate
(13,448 posts)jayschool2013
(2,319 posts)Thanks for the correct answer. It's not that difficult, is it?
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)What is right about Mike Huckabee?
He's a big bowl of wrong.
Shaddox
(384 posts)moondust
(20,030 posts)No REAL christian religion would allow this racist attention hound to represent them.
Incidentally, Mike's ...Southern Baptists affirm support for immigrants
heaven05
(18,124 posts)still don't feel this way about AA. period. They are a bunch of racist pukes hoping to get more member to drop some coin in their pass around plates.
Solly Mack
(90,803 posts)It drives his racism and other beliefs.
CurtEastPoint
(18,686 posts)alterfurz
(2,476 posts)RainCaster
(10,962 posts)There is no other words for it.
Vinca
(50,336 posts)Jesus would be slapping these people up side the head until they drop.
Initech
(100,152 posts)But really he's just a hateful douchebag, and shows that there's no such thing as conservative comedy.
Baitball Blogger
(46,786 posts)racist sycophants.
dhill926
(16,392 posts)spanone
(135,952 posts)spanone
(135,952 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)WhiteTara
(29,739 posts)of protestant denominations. The evangelicals are driving everyone away. They are filled with hate.
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panader0
(25,816 posts)Shaddox
(384 posts)Iggo
(47,603 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)Or is that question supposed to mean "Why does he feel so free to let his junk hang loose in public?"
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)Clarity2
(1,009 posts)has been tweeting revolting things for years. This isnt even the worst of it. Hes #1 on my top list of most revolting people on twitter...maybe a close third in real life. What makes him more revolting than others is that he is a supposed former preacher, and his hypocrital statements on a regular basis are absolutely shocking and disgusting.
I really think the man is mentally ill.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)...I can happily say that we have no Huckabees. None whatsoever. And that's what chaps Huckadumbass deplorables.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)pwb
(11,319 posts)reminds me of the stupid people i know.
IggleDuer
(964 posts)A few years ago, he tweeted that he wished he could simply declare himself a trans and peek at womens locker rooms legally. What a sick f**k.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)Gandhi once said, "I'd probably be a Christian, if not for Christians." I'm guessing Huckleberry fits that description to a T!
DFW
(54,527 posts)For someone whose relevance was overstated to begin with, that has to hurt.
His only claim to fame was that he was also a governor of Arkansas who was from Hope and played an instrument.
All comparisons to Bill Clinton cease there, though, and he doesn't seem to have come to terms with it in 25 years.
Not only that, Jon Stewart is no longer hosting the Daily Show, and Stewart was the only one who tolerated Huckaboo's pseudo-folksy banter in the first place.
madamesilverspurs
(15,821 posts)and the real huckster is leaking out.
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