Huckabee steps down after one day on country music board

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By Julia Manchester - 03/01/18 05:50 PM EST

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"The CMA Foundation has accepted former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s resignation from its Board of Directors, effective immediately,"Amber Williams, vice president of CMA's communications and talent relations, said in a statement, according to the Tennessean.


Huckabee's resignation comes just one day after he was appointed to the role, and follows vocal opposition to his election from some CMA members over his opposition to LGBTQ rights.

The co-president of Monument Records and owner of Sandbox Entertainment, Jason Owen, said Huckabee's appointment was a "grossly offensive decision," while CMA member Whitney Pastorek called it disappointing.

“What a terrible disappointment to see [the CMA Foundation’s] mission clouded by the decision to align with someone who so frequently engages in the language of racism, sexism, and bigotry,” Pastorek told CMA executives, according to the Tennessean. ..........................

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/376357-huckabee-steps-down-from-country-music-board-after-artists

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well, well, there is hope for America. Good move.

Link to tweet

[Skittles]

1. fuck him

these conservative assholes need to know that what plays well to their homophobic, racist, sexist, xenophobic base completely SUCKS to the rest of us

[Aristus]

2. The CMA has come a long way since "Gonna kick their ass 'n' take their gas!"

"Put a boot up their ass, it's th'Amurrikkkan way!..."

FUTK!

And goodbye Huckabilly!...

[llmart]

3. Glad we're making these people...

toxic and unwelcome in polite society. Now if we can only get his lying daughter out of our faces I'd be even happier.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. This will receive massive protest from the ROSN.

(Royal Order of the Scarlet Nape).

I prefer to call him Huckabuck (as with any Repug, just follow the money).

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[LiberalArkie]

5. He just could not tolerate the work load

[noneof_theabove]

6. jumped conclusions..

thought is said (Hara) Suckabee steps down and ready to go pop a cold one.
Oh well, it will still be cold for tomorrows "latest news".

[Eugene]

7. Mike Huckabee quits Country Music Association role due to protester 'bullies'

Source: The Guardian

Mike Huckabee quits Country Music Association role due to protester 'bullies'

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Fri 2 Mar 2018 11.29 GMT

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In the wake of the protests, Huckabee stood down from the role, saying he had become an “unnecessary distraction and deterrent to the core mission of the foundation”. On Twitter, he described the protesters as “bullies”, while in a longer written statement he complained of “irrational vitriol” and “intolerant and vicious statements”, adding: “I hope that the music and entertainment industry will become more tolerant and inclusive and recognise that a true love for kids having access to the arts is more important than a dislike for someone or a group of people because of who they are or what they believe.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/02/mike-huckabee-quits-country-music-association-foundation-protester-bullies

[riversedge]

8. Look in the mirrow Hucky. You are the Bully--and bigot!

[keithbvadu2]

9. Yet Huck was all fine with his child molester pals Josh Duggar and Ted Nugent