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Fla. mayoral candidate facing backlash for 'go back to Africa' comment during debate
http://thehill.com ^ | 07/19/17 05:01 PM EDT | By Robin Eberhardt

Posted on 07/19/2017 4:11:52 PM PDT by BackRoads775

A Republican candidate for mayor in Florida is facing scrutiny for telling the supporters of his opponent to “go back to Africa” during a debate Tuesday, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Paul Congemi, a white man who is in the mayoral race for St. Petersburg, fired back at his white campaign opponent Jesse Nevel, who centered his campaign on calling for government reparations for African-Americans.

“The reparations that you talk about, Mr. Nevel, your people already got your reparations. Your reparations came in the form of a man named Barack Obama

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blunders; dopes; miami; miserablefailure
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1 posted on 07/19/2017 4:11:52 PM PDT by BackRoads775
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To: BackRoads775

I want reparations after 8 disastrous years of Obama.


2 posted on 07/19/2017 4:15:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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To: BackRoads775

Islamic countries used to make white people into slaves . So... where is my cut?


3 posted on 07/19/2017 4:18:01 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: BackRoads775
Fla. mayoral candidate facing backlash for 'go back to Africa' comment during debate

Well that was foolish.

4 posted on 07/19/2017 4:18:18 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: SaveFerris
I want reparations after 8 disastrous years of Obama.

I want revenge for those 8 years.

5 posted on 07/19/2017 4:18:47 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: BackRoads775

Dumba*ss should go ahead & withdraw now because he is already dead meat.


6 posted on 07/19/2017 4:20:38 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Who knew Trump would cause tthis level of derangement among the Socialists, Liberals & Establements)
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To: BackRoads775

he’s right. I might have said something similar. But perhaps politics are not his forte.


7 posted on 07/19/2017 4:21:54 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BackRoads775

the reparations are massive infusions of white genes in to the black community


8 posted on 07/19/2017 4:22:44 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Democrat calls for kumbaya must be met with their blood on the ground)
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To: BackRoads775

A better answer would have been:

“I agree with you. African Americans SHOULD get reparations. That’s why I advocate ending the Democrat Party, liquidating its assets, and using them to pay reparations.

“After all, the Democrats were the party of slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow and segregation. And they were the party that filibustered against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

“I think you and your supporters should go right down to the Democrat National Headquarters and march, protest and DEMAND reparations.

“And YOU Mr. Nevel, should be absolutely ashamed of yourself for associating yourself with The Democrat Party, and for using them to further your own personal career.”

“Shame! SHAME! Mr. Nevel!”

Game, set, MATCH.


9 posted on 07/19/2017 4:23:04 PM PDT by Maceman (Let's ban Muslims temporarily -- just until non-Muslims can freely practice their religions in Mecca)
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To: Nateman

Estimates are 1.2 million white Europeans enslaved by moslem pirates in the tripolitan area! It’s time we were paid for that travesty.


10 posted on 07/19/2017 4:27:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BackRoads775

The times they are a changing.

I disagree with all of you who think this guy screwed up.

This sort of thing needs to be said.

Don’t like it here? Get the hell out.


11 posted on 07/19/2017 4:31:12 PM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: BackRoads775

There are 25 excellent countries in Africa. We should crowd-fund reparations in the form of a one-way ticket to the country of their choice...attendant upon their denying US citizenship.

Heck? Why not extend this policy to all Americans? Why discriminate against non-African immigrants?


12 posted on 07/19/2017 4:32:05 PM PDT by RossA
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To: BackRoads775

Can we decrease the size of the tent to exclude idiots like this guy?


13 posted on 07/19/2017 4:32:06 PM PDT by slumber1 (Islam delenda est)
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To: BackRoads775

The greatest reparations whites could give blacks is to leave them alone, so they can fix the shattered remnants of their broken culture.


14 posted on 07/19/2017 4:36:26 PM PDT by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: BackRoads775

The funny thing is that I’ve read about how the media in many African countries are certainly not the politically correct Looney Tunes or Muppets characters like they are over here and that even Obama was not terribly popular in many regions there.


15 posted on 07/19/2017 4:36:50 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: Maceman
You're absolutely right.

“After all, the Democrats were the party of slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow and segregation. And they were the party that filibustered against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

“I think you and your supporters should go right down to the Democrat National Headquarters and march, protest and DEMAND reparations.

“And YOU Mr. Nevel, should be absolutely ashamed of yourself for associating yourself with The Democrat Party, and for using them to further your own personal career.”

“Shame! SHAME! Mr. Nevel!”

He should call a press conference--they'll all show up, smelling blood and hoping for pitiful and futile contrition--and give exactly that speech. Then he should refuse all questions, turn on his heel, and leave.

The rest of the campaign should be a whirlwind of TV ads--lots of Klan hood and the like--and radio spots and tweets built around that theme.

They wouldn't know where to stick their fork.

16 posted on 07/19/2017 4:39:19 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: BackRoads775

The guy is certifiably nuts. Not a good campaign move. But on the other hand, St. Pete is not going to elect a Republican as mayor anyway.


17 posted on 07/19/2017 5:05:04 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: BackRoads775
It's big of Paul Congemi to say that he has “nothing against African-Americans who are doing their best here in America.”

Paul is just SO tolerant!

Here's a hint, Paul: You deserve to lose the election if you have to defend your own idiotic comments by denying that you are a racist.

If you can't play the political game competently, get out of politics.

18 posted on 07/19/2017 5:06:06 PM PDT by TChad
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To: BackRoads775

I seem to recall from 8th grade history class that the African country of Liberia was established after the War Between the States to repatriate freed slaves to their country of origin.

Clearly, not too many of them thought it was a good idea.


19 posted on 07/19/2017 5:10:27 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: BackRoads775

Liberia should be offered a generous cash lump sum with annual payments to host a US penal colony there.


20 posted on 07/19/2017 5:16:31 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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