"Ah don' fill no ways tard..."
Posted on 04/12/2016 8:27:31 AM PDT by mandaladon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A comic gag turned into a gaffe for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, triggering a social media storm that raged through Tuesday over what some said was their insensitivity to African-Americans.
New York voters head to the polls next week for the primary election on April 19. While Clinton has strong support from black voters, some supporters worry that Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders has begun making inroads with them.
Clinton and de Blasio took the stage on Saturday at the Inner Circle, an annual media roast of politicians that traditionally ends with New York's mayor delivering a snarky rebuttal in the form of a rehearsed skit, often with the help of Broadway cast members.
This year Leslie Odom Jr., who is black and plays Aaron Burr in the hit Broadway show "Hamilton," participated in the planned joke.
In the skit, Clinton kidded de Blasio about his delay in endorsing her bid for the White House.
"Sorry, Hillary, I was running on C.P. Time," de Blasio said, referring to the phrase "colored people time" used to indicate chronic lateness.
"I don't like jokes like that," Odom said.
Clinton then added: "'Cautious politician time.' I've been there."
The joke quickly led to an angry reaction on social media, with commentators criticizing Clinton and de Blasio for being insensitive to blacks. De Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, is African-American.
"In what kind of twisted world does a POTUS candidate make a #CPTime joke at a high $ event "inner circle" & ppl think it's ok... #wakeup" Jenny Li @jennyjenli posted on Twitter on Tuesday.
"@HillaryClinton did the equivalent of kicking Blacks in their butts by participating in #CPtime "joke". #NYprimary," tweeted Anthony B. @PoliticalAnt.
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I won’t hurt her a bit. Democrats never have to pay for their racial insensitivity.
Remember when Hillary said that Mahatma Gandhi was a guy who ran a gas station down in St. Louis?????
She never paid any price for that. How many remember that???
On the other hand, we still hear sometimes how George Allen said “macaca”. Or how Dan Quayle misspelled potato.
Republican gaffes and insensitivities are forever. Democrat gaffes are forgotten the next day.
Obama called Bill Clinton racist during the 2008 primaries.
What do you expect from Hymie Town
You know behind closed doors — every one of those elitist Democrats is a racist, probably most of the gopE, too.
The Church of the Perpetually Offended is heard from again...
Shouldn't it be called the Nat'l Organization for the Advancement of African American Humans?
“Colored People” time is a real thing and they joke about it all the time.
No. Wait. I guess then its acronym would be NAAAAH.
Which way is it for this Cracker to be Politically Correct, Black or African-American?
Even Journalists don’t know!
It’s okay, she can actually say that since she’s married to a black man.
“Insensitive to blacks” the article preaches the aforementioned message with which we are bombarded “24/7.” Perhaps it is time to become hard again;i.e. meet their stupid demands for more taxpayer money with peals of Homeric laughter. Become less “sensitive.” Realize that Black lives really do not matter, even among themselves; i.e. Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia.
Well sure, it will be forgotten, but the funny thing is the incredible stupidity of HilRod and Blasio.
Democrats and the KKK are one
"Ah don' fill no ways tard..."
Democrat gaffes are forgotten the next day.——unless you name them chelsea.
today, i learned a new phrase, cp time... does that make me a racist now?
If the left wing press goes out of their way to report it, it’s actually a tactic to appeal to what liberals see as the white racist vote.
Which makes it soooooo much more insulting...
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