Ex-Trump adviser tells black Fox News guest he's 'out of his cotton-picking mind'

[DonViejo]

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/24/18 10:19 AM EDT

President Trump’s former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, told a black Democratic strategist appearing on “Fox & Friends” on Sunday that he’s “out of his cotton-picking mind.”

Bossie and strategist Joel Payne got into a heated exchange about the rhetoric used in debating immigration and other issues during a discussion moderated by Fox News host Ed Henry.

The men were discussing former CIA director Michael Hayden posting a photo of Auschwitz in reference to the Trump administration’s since-ended policy of separating immigrant families at the border when Bossie made the comment.

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[vlyons]

1. Not surprised. They are so clueless

Never ever open their minds to even consider another person's point of view. It's all me me me, mine mine mine

[Hortensis]

5. TOTALLY deliberate. The Trump right has moved

beyond decency. They are supporting whatever their leader does and are at war with the rest of the nation. We're just slow to realize it.

[secondwind]

2. I've never used this phrase, but it is so common that it gives you pause.

It may not have been said as an insult.

[Xipe Totec]

4. may not have been said as a RACIST insult, but it is still an insult. nt

[unblock]

6. it may not have been said as a racist insult, but it is still a racist insult.

it doesn't take half a second of thought and a dim familiarity with american history to realize that there's no way it's not a racist insult.

i realize half a second of thought and a dim familiarity with american history is a tall order for trumpies....

[OregonBlue]

7. I disagree. My parents are from the south. They grew up on cotton farms in huge families. They all

picked cotton. They all used it all the time and so did we as kids and it was not the least bit racist, just a silly saying. You can take it that way if you choose but it's not generally considered a racist insult.

[YessirAtsaFact]

9. It was very common when I was growing up

It had no racial connotations.

The way I heard it used way usually one white person talking to another.

It’s a rural phrase that avoids swearing.

It’s like “ Are you out of your freaking mind?”

[OregonBlue]

11. Exactly. We used it among ourselves and our friends and none of us was Black or Hispanic.

I'm not buying it.

[stonecutter357]

13. it's racist .

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html

[YessirAtsaFact]

14. Because you say so and some web site I've never seen before says so?

The usage wasn’t used in any racist manner when I was growing up in NC in the early 60’s.

It was something whites said to other whites. I heard plenty of racial slurs growing up, but never heard that phrase used that way.

It’s just a country manner of speaking.

You’re welcome to your opinion, but claiming this term is racist is quite a stretch.

[stonecutter357]

15. I live in ALABAMA ON a COTTON farm , It's racist ...

[YessirAtsaFact]

19. Where you live doesn't change my opinion

You’re welcome to believe it’s racist.

You’re welcome to go through life looking for reasons to be upset.

I’m sorry we don’t agree, but I will not reply any more. Neither of us is going to change their mind.

Peace out.

✌️

[stonecutter357]

22. Fox News commentator apologizes for racist remark ...

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/24/media/david-bossie-racist-remark/index.html

[Ilsa]

16. Me too. The etiology is racist, but its use has been

adopted more widely. It was minimally an insensitive remark, and probably intentional.

[eShirl]

3. It's like Austin Powers seeing the guy's face & trying not to say "mole"

[Submariner]

8. Or Ricky Santorum wanting to say Black but says Blah

[MariaCSR]

17. MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. Oh dear

[stonecutter357]

12. racist pig .

[smirkymonkey]

18. They aren't even trying to hide it anymore.

Racist pigs.

[gulliver]

20. I gave up that phrase twenty or so years ago.

I didn't hear the racism in it until I finally did. It was just a standard euphemism for "more serious" cussing. The fact that this Trump Deputy Campaign Manager didn't pick up on it is pretty telling. A lot of Fox News "consumers" probably learned something here.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Not even hiding their racism anymore

[Gothmog]

23. Here is a great Msnbc interview

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[GulfCoast66]

24. I am a white southerner. My mother picked cotton

Her sisters and brother picked cotton. Her parents picked cotton.

They also ate pretty exclusivity what is today called Soul Food.

According to Mother no farm chore was more mindless than picking cotton. It’s white, pick it. Even hoeing crops you had to be careful not to cut the crop be it cotton, pole beans or corn.

Nothing racist about it.

Don’t care about what someone who does not know anyone who has ever picked cotton thinks.