Mia Love, Republican Mayor In Utah, Receives Photos Of KKK Member, Aborted Fetuses
Source: huffington post
Utah mayor and GOP congressional candidate Mia Love was sent an envelope containing racist and disturbing photos. The black, female Republican says she's become a target because she "poses a problem to the policies of the Obama administration."
The thick envelope arrived at Love's office in Saratoga Springs, Utah, City Manager Mark Christensen told the Deseret News. The envelope reportedly contained a photo showing Love, her husband and a hooded Klu Klux Klan member as well as pictures of aborted fetuses.
Love responded to the "divisive racially and negative racially" photos, saying "I want you to know, I want everyone to know I am comfortable in my skin. I'm comfortable and proud of my heritage..." the Deseret News reports.
The mayor is currently campaigning against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson for Utah's 4th Congressional District seat.
Love, who could be the first black female Republican elected to Congress, told the Deseret News that she believes she's become a target because she "poses a problem to the policies of the Obama administration." "I knew that people would come after me," Love said. "I knew that people would try to change and distort information so I'm going to focus on things that are really important."
Back in August, Fox News reported that Love's Wikipedia page had been "vandalized" with racist and sexist epithets after she delivered her speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/mia-love-republican-racist-photos-sent-kkk-aborted-fetuses-vandalized_n_1917571.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
She is under the impression that dem's are doing this? I thought her wanting to be a Republican in this day and age was delusional enough?
valerief
(53,235 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Just because a lot of Ts and some Republicans are racist doesn't make the whole party racist.
As much as we dislike the Republican party and especially its policies, it is best to confer on individual people some amount of respect until proven by facts otherwise. And then discuss the facts, not generate bogus assumptions. If as mayor she has taken actions you disapprove of then discuss that, rather than accuse her (the victim) of a criminal act (filing a false report).
You don't have a shred of evidence for your assertion. It is a common trick on the farther right wing sites to make similar assertions when Democratic supporters or party members get death threats or vandalism. I'm sorry to see that kind of behavior here.
bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)of this - that makes no sense at all. I too suspect that she sent them to herself.
We have seen this kind of thing before.
Nobody can be blamed for being suspicious.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #11)
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)And where's something in the last decade, as I asked before?
winstars
(4,220 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)not even applicable
valerief
(53,235 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Remember the black GOP official in AZ who left office because of Teahadists? He felt the hatred. It may have been members of her own party who sent this to her. I'm wondering what policies of the Obama administration she is resisting so hard that she thinks OFA targeted her.
goclark
(30,404 posts)The sister is tryingto get some sympathy votes....
ashling
(25,771 posts)I immediately thought of this:
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then I went to the link
valerief
(53,235 posts)about the GOP instead of women and people of color. Oh, yes, and if I didn't make my point crystal clear, thank you for your concern.
for you valerief. try to ignore the repug/thug apologists. they can't help themselves. as bill maher is so apt to point out, they live in a alternate reality bubble where the repugsthugs are all nice people, won't lie and won't send offensive photos to themselves. Keep pointing out the truth, one day the light might go on over their apologist heads, but I doubt it. too far gone.
valerief
(53,235 posts)God, they must really hate Americans to keep defending the party of Hate.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Read the posts again. Your personal attack on the victim who received the mailings is what disgusts lots of people. It doesn't matter which party the black woman belongs to; the mailing she received has no place in America. But you immediately assume that because she is a Republican she must have mailed it to herself, with no evidence to back that up other than your blind hatred. Completely unrelated events that happened in the past are unrelated and are not evidence that that particular woman perpetrated a crime (filing a false report).
There are no "Rethug apologists" in this thread, but there are several people spouting vicious ugly hatred against that woman. And you can drop the personal attack "hate Americans" line against DU members because, again, that's all you got: name-calling, personal attacks and no facts. Those tactics are seen in grade school yards and should be left there.
There is no shortage of factual material with which to attack Republicans, so you don't have to invent bogus sources for the mailing.
Democrats are almost always better than Republicans in sticking to the facts and not making wild big lie assertions. Don't let your rage against the Republican party blind you.
For all you know, it could easily have been a far right racist who dislikes black politicians of any stripe. You don't know, and at this point there are no facts to point to a source. But that doesn't stop you from running off your mouth.
The thing that the Mayor should be criticized for is her leap to invoke Obama's name peripherally. But even she does not blame Obama. She blames unknown others who dislike her support of Obama.
Even though she is making unsupported inferences, she's exercising more self-restraint than you are in your thoughtless oneliner posts accusing a specific person (the victim) of a crime.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)this is all you have? thou protesteth too much.repug thugs have been perpetrating crimes against our electoral system this whole election cycle. Not a stretch to blame this utah neocon for her troubles or to suspect she is up to typical repugthug skullduggery. and by the way, only two people seem to be disgusted with the suspicions voiced in this thread
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)She makes herself sound like just the lying martyr personality that would do it.
The facts will come out, regardless of what I think, either way, I think her response disqualifies her from office as far as I'm concerned.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)and I, for one, do not believe her.
She's going to have to do a lot better than that.
24601
(3,962 posts)no racism or sexism in the US - only fiction about it.
Justitia
(9,316 posts)caseymoz
(5,763 posts)There is a shred of evidence. She had the ready answer, a complete explanation as to why some Democrat would do this, and she had it without any inquiry. Almost as though she created the character out of a stereotype. Her response is suspicious. She didn't start by saying she was insulted. No, she started by lauding the way she challenged the entire establishment! That's indicative enough to invite suspicion.
The difference is when right wing sites make these kinds of accusations, they're usually ignorant and idiotic on their face.
cali
(114,904 posts)and it's exactly what freepwads say every time something like this happens to a dem. this is carrying partisanship to an insane place. literally.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)her idol is probably another useless, to society and general humanity, neocon black woman, condi rice! never understood her traitorous ways.
valerief
(53,235 posts)They're all green neuters.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)well known and I know ALOT of them BUT they DO NOT SHARE the mindset of the idiots running the asylum these days. Horrible thing to say....
heaven05
(18,124 posts)that's true but I don't see where many, if any, are speaking in public about the voter suppression, racist dog whistle campaign or how stupid, greedy, RACIST, SEXIST AND HOMOPHOBIC their candidates for POTUS are. So I don't think so.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)understand why anyone would be a member of a party that sees them as less than human but that just me.
that is you. I agree. Any party like the repug party that treat some human beings as badly as they do makes me proud to be a member of a party that does treat me as an equal. The repug/thug political party is not worth discussing. They have continually proven that fact time and again this election cycle. They are nothing to me
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)Right glad tameetcha!
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)she doesn't see the writing on that wall! Yikes!!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)mac56
(17,574 posts)Just sayin'
M_M
(163 posts)Running in Utah, no less!
BenzoDia
(1,010 posts)mangermerdeRWfreaks
(39 posts)bettydavis
(93 posts)Was it Dave Chappelle who had that comedy bit about the white kid that hangs with all black kids is the TRUE bad-ass of the group. Because you don't want to know what he had to do to get their respect. It works both ways unfortunately. For these types, distinguishing yourself from those OTHER AA's is paramount. And to accuse the first AA prez of having anything what so ever to do with this is so incredibly tacky on so many levels I am stunned...uh mi gente mi gente...
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)The FIRST one she blames is the President???
Listen, honey... if you're getting racist KKK and aborted fetus pics, it AIN'T from a Democrat.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Ineeda
(3,626 posts)And no, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this was self-inflicted or Rove-inflicted.
NuttyFluffers
(6,811 posts)kathman-duzi
(82 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)And self-hating.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
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justice1
(795 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)luvspeas
(1,883 posts)The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, is an American Act of Congress, passed on October 22, 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009.
Yeah, THAT hate crimes law...remember Ms. Love?
If this really happened to her, I hope they find the person and fully prosecute them. But I can't help but feel that her cognitive dissonance that reconsiles her ability to be a right-wing reactionary neocon republican has also clouded her ability to see how ridiculous it is to blame Obama or any Democrat for what happened.
Stainless
(718 posts)Mia Love and Jim Matheson deserve each other. Matheson is a "blue-dog" democrat who is running away from Obama and Mia Love is throwing crap on both of them. The Rascist accusations are merely a Karl Rove inspired smoke screen to take attention away from her extremist tea-party agenda. Mia Love is a disaster waiting to happen and the narrow-minded morons in Utah will fall head over heels for her.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)status of blacks back in the 70s. There is considerable residual racism in that state.
winstars
(4,220 posts)these "materials"!!!
What a useless person she must be to say this. The idea that Democrats and not her own Right Wing Nuts are sending racial hate to her is quite amazing. Of course, Greta DID NOT say "Are you fucking kidding me"??? when she stated these "facts".
She knows better and of course merely is saying this bullshit to get the gig... Idiot!!!
And no I don't normally watch Greta, was forced to at the gym ever so briefly... LOL
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)A lot of hate for Obama from the right is not because of his policies, which are really somewhere in the center ,but because of his skin color and name. I wonder what the party she belongs to would think about her running for president someday?
harmonicon
(12,008 posts)Not knowing much about her, I can't tell. Either answer is disturbing.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)More likely some racist whose hatred of dark-skinned people transcends political boundaries.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)she's a gnat. That's it.
Shitty Mitty
(138 posts)More like "completely fucking batshit insane" photos. The woman's ON THEIR SIDE. Even if they're racists, why the fuck would they do this to one of their own? Good God the stupidity is painful.
winstars
(4,220 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)racist states. Got to remember,LD$ Church teachings,tons of old angry white people,we liberals here this racial shit day in and day out. Knew this would show up. Probably more Confederate Flags flying here in Utah than in most Southern States.
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)Oh, I'm sure the materials came through the mail. I'm just not convinced they came from an outside source. And by outside, I mean outside the GOP sphere.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)It was very bizarre. This was CBS News doing a profile on her.
Showed her going on her daily fitness jog, and then she would slow up a bit, turn to her right, and just shoot a gun into the sagebrush for no apparent reason--did this while running. To my eyes, it was really stupid stuff.
Apparently her parents are immigrants from Haiti, and according to her, they are self-made and never needed any government assistance; hence, "living the Republican philosophy". She doesn't believe anybody should receive government help.
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)Scarey awesome, but awesome
NCarolinawoman
(2,825 posts)Keeps making me laugh. I'm going to have to send it to a few friends.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)are probably to blame!
See Fox News for details!
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)That makes absolutely no sense. That's a tactic used by the right-wing ... not the left.
I live in the district Mia Love is running for and she's way in over her head. Unfortunately, she might win.
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)It would seem that H. Cain and West down in Florida can always be counted on to say outrageous things that the average Republican can not get away with.
Almost like they were paid with campaign funds to specifically serve this purpose rather than serve their constituents.
Is Mia being used too?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Police investigate Obama supporter's missing sign, ominous message in anonymous letter
On Monday she placed a political sign supporting President Barack Obama on her lawn in the 1400 block of Clover Drive. The next day, the sign was gone.
Silva thought little of it until she opened her mail a few days later.
She found a letter stamped with no return address with a picture of a dismembered baby and the words Obama: pro-death baby killer marked in all caps across the bottom of the page, Silva and Amarillo police said.
I gather from Ms. Love's statement about Obama, she feels that he is a pro-death baby killer, so this was added to her resume because she is black like Obama?
I've argued with 'pro-life' racial bigots who favor blacks getting abortions because that fits in with their meme that all people of color are on welfare. It's only the white babies they want to preserve.
These SFBs really ought to figure out where they're coming from.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)but pictures of aborted fetuses is more of a RW thing than a LW thing.