[noiseman]

He’s making the same mistake every spineless republican makes when accused of being “racist”: Trying to explain why he’s not “racist.” Once you do that, you’re on the defensive and have already lost.

The only proper response to such idiocy is one of the many variations of “FU.”

[TakebackGOP]

Is this a joke?

[Theodore R.]

I would imagine a large number of representatives from the South have ties to ancestors who owned slaves. No surprise at all. Even blacks owned slaves.