Not the Onion
Okay, so all the racist nuts ain’t in Texas.
A candidate for New York State Senate has sparked a firestorm in Harlem after telling NBC 4 New York’s I-Team he was planning to hand out “Kool Aid, KFC and watermelons” at a campaign event in the primarily black community.
Jon Girodes, the Republican candidate for New York’s 30th District in the November election, used the racially stereotypical food reference in an email to the I-Team during an exchange about a disputed real estate deal.
“Ps I’m hosting an event in Harlem which will be in front of the state building in a few weeks. We will [donate] Kool Aid, KFC and watermelons to the public on 125th street in Harlem. Please join us to help the community,” he wrote.
Last time he ran, he got 4% of the vote. I can’t imagine why.
Thanks to Jean for the heads up.
Preibus needs to promote him to Chief of Staff for GOP African American Outreach; what, I ask, could possibly go wrong?
1I see what you did there JJ. The Onion definitely has stories this ridiculous. Usually a lot funnier though, although that’s just my own subjective opinion. But ferdamnsure, thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing that the insanity/douchebagery isn’t restricted to Texas.
2Sometimes it’s hard to determine if this type of Republican is more racist than stupid, or more stupid than racist.
3Rick, my answer is Yes.
44%? That high?
5two crows, I saw a photo of Trump’s daughter speaking at a “Women for Trump” event. The photo showed only her, so I don’t know if there were 600 women there or three, or perhaps none.
6Y’know… sometimes I wonder if I was born on another planet. If it were me hosting this event, Kool-Aid, KFC chicken and watermelon would NOT have come to mind. And if someone suggested such fare I am quite sure I would have thought they were nuts. As I look at his picture — all-american good looks, tanned, crisp white collared shirt — he strikes me as someone so removed from the people he’s courting that I doubt he could find Harlem on a map.
7Someone let him out in public without his keeper. Wow! Its not so much “what was he thinking?” but does he have anything to think with? Back to the Hamptons with him!
8He got 4% and is giving it another try??? Optimism? Denial?
9“A black person voting for this man is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.” — commenter @ joemygod.
(JJ or someone, there’s worse to the story there. I copy and paste like crap on a phone. Update us all, please!)
10JAJvirginia – I’m not sure he could find his backside with a map given the level of stupid his comment displays.
11Bob in Bartlett: A friend gifted me with this —
12Couldn’t find his butt with both hands if his wrists were bolted to his hips.
Because 2% of the electorate voted twice?
13Update: Girodes’ campaign website and social media pages were taken down after the I-Team started its investigation.
Actually I wonder if it was after this guy was quoted in the paper about his idea for the candidate.
“We’re gonna donate, like, various foots in his a** if he try that”. I am pretty sure he meant it too.
14Dumber than rocks.
15How come all of these racist white Donald Trump supporters who scream about blacks and Mexicans all the time always seem like they spend half of their lives in tanning booths so they can look more like blacks and Mexicans?
16Dominic Lucarelli: EXACTLY!!! Just trying to get a little color. Uh…. wut!!!!? Does that make him “colored” now? Hmmmm….
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