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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCandidate Mike Huckabee Connects Native Americans With Jihadists During Speech; DNC Responds
And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ, Obama said.
On Tuesday, Huckabee told a raucous crowd of supporters that he wonders who Obama cheers for when watching 1950s western cinema.
When I hear our current president say he wants Christians to get off their high horse so we can make nice with radical jihadists, I wonder if he can watch a western from the 50s and be able to figure out who the good guys and the bad guys really are, Huckabee said.
In a statement sent to ICTMN, Eric Walker, spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee, called Huckabees comment a cheap joke and said Native Americans deserve not to be compared to jihadists.
On Tuesday, Huckabee told a raucous crowd of supporters that he wonders who Obama cheers for when watching 1950s western cinema.
When I hear our current president say he wants Christians to get off their high horse so we can make nice with radical jihadists, I wonder if he can watch a western from the 50s and be able to figure out who the good guys and the bad guys really are, Huckabee said.
In a statement sent to ICTMN, Eric Walker, spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee, called Huckabees comment a cheap joke and said Native Americans deserve not to be compared to jihadists.
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/05/06/video-candidate-mike-huckabee-connects-native-americans-jihadists-during-speech-dnc
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Candidate Mike Huckabee Connects Native Americans With Jihadists During Speech; DNC Responds (Original Post)
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2015
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leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. I think he did this too.
Now, I know that it is possible that he was comparing guys with white hats to guys with black hats but his policies and history lead me to believe different.
salib
(2,116 posts)2. I think he absolutely was comparing native Americans to jihadists
He is talk about the enemies (in his mind) of white Christian males.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)3. Snake-oil salesmen usually avoid bringing up the wild west.