Tag: Racism

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Word of the Week: ‘Exterminate’

Nicholas Clairmont · June 21, 2019 3:00 am

James Eastland and Herman Talmadge

Beltway Confidential

Reporters struggle to remember segregationists touted by Biden were also Democrats

Becket Adams · June 20, 2019 9:46 pm

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attends an event.

‘Let’s drop this notion’: Rice eviscerates argument that race relations are ‘worse now’

Mike Brest · June 20, 2019 6:18 pm

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

72 police officers on administrative duty over alleged racist and violent social media posts

Julio Rosas · June 20, 2019 1:14 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress presidential forum in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden is getting what he deserves after using race as his own political weapon

Eddie Scarry · June 20, 2019 10:51 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Poor People's Moral Action Congress presidential forum in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019.

Harris blasts Biden for praising work with segregationists: ‘If they had their way, I would literally not be standing here’

Tim Pearce · June 19, 2019 11:20 pm

The following politicians are shown (from clockwise direction): former Sens. Strom Thurmond, Herman Talmadge, James O. Eastland, Jesse Helms, John Stennis, and former Gov. George Wallace.

‘Deep personal relationships’: Joe Biden’s six segregationist friends

Alana Goodman · June 19, 2019 10:13 pm

Former Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses patrons and media during a visit to the Stonewall Inn, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in New York. Biden paid a visit to the Stonewall Inn ahead of the 50th anniversary of an uprising that helped spark the gay rights movement.

Joe Biden conspicuously silent after segregationist remarks uproar

David Mark · June 19, 2019 8:21 pm

Biden adviser pushes back after criticism over comments about segregationist senators

Mike Brest · June 19, 2019 8:07 pm

Law enforcement officers attend to an injured shooter in a parking lot after he fired shots at the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas.

Beltway Confidential

No, the Dallas shooting wasn’t an example of rampant white supremacy or ‘right-wing extremism’

Eddie Scarry · June 19, 2019 6:55 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa.

‘Insensitive … stupid’: CNN anchor slams Biden for his comments on segregationist senators

Mike Brest · June 19, 2019 6:06 pm

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (left) and Joe Biden (right) are shown.

De Blasio denounces Biden over his ‘civility’ with segregationists: ‘Past time for apologies or evolution’

Joseph Simonson · June 19, 2019 4:14 pm