Posted on 08/18/2018 5:47:01 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Journalist and former MSNBC host Touré confronted Virginia GOP Senate candidate Corey Stewart for saying “people are sick and tired of talking about race all the time.”
Touré, joining Stewart and guest host Rev. Al Sharpton during Saturday’s edition of “AM Joy,” challenged Stewart on his comments, saying that race was part of "everything" in the U.S.
“This is a white supremacist country and we have to deal with that in every way — in how we relate to the police, in how we relate to jobs, how we relate to the criminal justice everything — everything,” Touré said.
“And when you talk about how we are obsessed with race, what we hear is ‘I don’t want to deal with race. I want to not talk about it. You should not talk about it,’” he continued.
Touré told Stewart that his comments were offensive, adding that Steward will only have a “sliver” of the black community voting for him with his rhetoric.
“Stop telling me to stop talking about it. This is an incredibly important thing that affects my life and I understand that as a straight while male, that doesn’t affect your life," he said. "But if you want to represent other people, including black Virginians, then you need to deal with what is affecting their lives," Touré continued.
Stewart responded that Touré didn’t know much about him or his time chairing the board of supervisors in Prince William County.
Sharpton challenged Stewart to name black leaders who have openly endorsed his campaign.
“Name me the black leaders in Virginia — since you have such a great record in your county — name the black leaders that are supporting you with the Senate,” Sharpton said.
Stewart said he would not name specific individuals.
“You’ve talked about all of these leaders you’ve talked to,” Sharpton said. “Name we three black leaders. Name me one.”
“Here’s the thing, Reverend, you’re back in the 1960s,” Stewart said.
Sharpton then said he was talking about “right now in 2018.”
“Corey Stewart is running. He has said on national TV he has been voted on several times by blacks in this county and I’m asking him for the third time to name me one black leader that’s supporting you for the Senate,” Sharpton said.
Stewart did not comply with Sharpton's request.
Stewart has drawn controversy throughout his campaign with his defense of Confederate monuments and for his alleged ties to white nationalists. Steward also told told Hill.TV earlier this year that he didn't believe the Civil War was about slavery, but about states' rights.
Whose fault is it there are no black leaders?
Do white people have to do everything?
-—This is a white supremacist country——
When we hear racial demagogues constantly use this hyperbolic term, it’s no wonder the rest of us are sick of talking about race.
“White supremacist” used to be reserved for marginalized KKK and White Identity groups, but now these black talking heads are describing the whole country that way.
How about you all just piss off with that talk? And Al Sharpton shouldn’t be lecturing anybody on anything. A bigger unethical, race-obsessed phony you will never find.
So what?
Go ahead and see what good it does to *talk* about victimhood all the time. These people are good and blowing wind. Not so good at fixing things.
“Name WE three black leaders.”
No Sharpton quote is authentic without at least one grammar error.
“Resist we much”
Only Bigots never tire of talking race. Normal people really dont care.
You know who talks about race?
Racists.
I really don’t get why anyone in the GOP ever goes on MSNBC or CNN. They have small audiences of hard-core leftists who would never vote for a Republican. It’s a complete waste of time.
Hes right.
I wish Republicans would learn when they're invited to a debate, it's not a debate, it's an ambush.
Just say no thank-you.
You should go to debate leftists, 24/7/365
Confront leftists
If you don’t debate them, they get the upper hand
Thats why conservatives are losing
Whites are affected by a system that puts them at the back of every line and portrays them as default villains who are at fault for everything called bad and are supposed to pay - in rights and money - for the alleged sins of their ancestors.
They own the platform. They set the rules. They have a crew of people behind the scenes writing 'gotcha!' questions and statements.
A debate on neutral territory with agreed upon rules is one thing. An ambush is another.
Real debates — great! I’m mostly just thinking that our macro task right now is to drive CNN and MSNBC out of business. They are propaganda outlets, purely. Going on there just reinforces the sense that they are actually news channels, and it also drives ratings. The fewer people who watch them the better and there’s nothing that we can say to their audience that will persuade anyone.
Foll title:
“Former MSNBC host confronts Senate GOP candidate for saying people are ‘sick’ of talking about race”
It’s not a white supremacist country, it’s simply a white majority country.
I just watched this video from Prager U; amazing the lefties were obsessed and the black people are just living their lives. Craziness out there for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41rwBgrWmUs
Can I ask a real simple question?
Who (or what) is this Toure character? I know about “Reverend” Al and a little about the tart that runs the show, Joy whatever.
I see they fixed it but now I understand the comment someone made: 'If The Hill needs an copy editor, I'm available.'
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