Nevada lawmaker says he’d vote for slavery if his constituents wanted him to

[Newsjock]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

A Nevada assemblyman said he would vote in favor of legislation allowing for slavery if it was something his constituents wanted him to do.

Jim Wheeler, a Republican from Gardnerville, was talking to a crowd of Storey County Republicans in August he when said “yeah I would” vote for slavery if that’s what his constituents wanted.

“If that’s what they wanted, I’d have to hold my nose, I’d have to bite my tongue and they’d probably have to hold a gun to my head, but yeah, if that’s what the citizens of the, if that’s what the constituency wants that elected me, that’s what they elected me for,” he said. “That’s what a republic is about. You elected a person for your district to do your wants and wishes, not the wants and wishes of a special interest, not his own wants and wishes, yours.”

... Reached by phone this afternoon, Wheeler now says he would not in actuality vote for anything that would legalize human slavery. Rather, he claimed, he was exaggerating in order to make a point that representing the will of his constituents is important to him. “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard if anyone could even fathom believing it,” he said. “I don’t care if every constituent in (Assembly) District 39 wanted slavery, I wouldn’t vote for it. That’s ridiculous.”


Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/28/state-senator-says-hed-vote-slavery-if-his-constit/

[lostincalifornia]

1. Your constituents want you to jump off the hover dam, what are you waiting for gardnerville?

[freshwest]

14. HAHAHAHA!

[cloudythescribbler]

2. if his constituents want him to end GOP gerrymandering, tho, that's a different matter

[atreides1]

3. So, he's a liar!!!

He either lied when he made the original statement or he's lying now! But because he's a Republican, he's probably lying now...

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

4. So, which statement...

....is the ridiculous statement?

[hobbit709]

5. He'll never make profiles in courage

[BainsBane]

6. slavery but not healthcare or foodstamps

figures.

[freshwest]

15. ALSO: What of the voters to be enslaved? Do their votes count? What a JACKASS this guy is! No, wait!

Jackasses are innocent quadrupeds.

Apologies to all of them.

Go away, damn GOP!

[tomm2thumbs]

7. .... and even if they didn't want him to.

Once a slave-owner, always a slave-owner.

Imagine how he treats people who work for him.... in any capacity.

[47of74]

8. I have two words for this horse's ASS.

One starts with the letter F and the other ends with U.

[BlueJazz]

9. I'd have to see this guy's past to really make a judgment call. He could have been...

... exaggerating or blowing smoke.

[Caretha]

27. What the present

bile spewing forth from his mouth isn't good enough for you?

Maybe you guys could become best buds....you think?

[BlueJazz]

28. No Buds...at least not that kind. I've said a few things in my life that I wish I could take back.

One action does not constitute a universe.

(being a Physicist, that may actually be true but...)

[yardwork]

10. What an asshole. /nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

11. And lemme guess: He's (1) a Republican and (2) he's a Teabagger.

[another_liberal]

12. By his "Constituents" I'm sure he means the Koch brothers and their kind . . .

So that's one vote for slavery.

[7962]

13. And they wonder why the polls suck for them.......

[kiranon]

16. So much for not believing in the greater good. Replace him with a

preprogrammed robot if he is unable to exhibit independent thought/morals/ethics/humanity who needs him.

[jsr]

17. No value added. Absolutely worthless.

[Left Coast2020]

18. But the good news is:

Scum like this is providing some very good material for "D's" for next year.

This gets filed under "future" file for use at later date.

I hope someone else in DCCC is paying attention to this stuff.

[rollin74]

19. here is the video of Wheeler's remarks

Last edited Tue Oct 29, 2013, 02:28 AM - Edit history (2)

the comment about slavery comes at shortly after the 37 min mark in the video

*Edit: The video has been pulled from YouTube tonight apparently by the person who posted it back in August. It seems they no longer want the public to see it after it started to get some media attention.*



Assemblyman Wheeler's contact info:

Jim Wheeler
Assemblyman, District No. 39

Legislative Building, Room 4121
401 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701-4747

[e-mail]
775.684.8843

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Wheeler4Nevada

[raging moderate]

20. "Of course, what I really said I'd vote for is sabering!"

or sleigh-fairies?

or safe-wearing?

or space-faring?

[blkmusclmachine]

21. Oh, he'd do it, alright. In a heartbeat.

They really do want to go back to the 1800's.

[The Last Dem.]

22. "Not the wants and wishes of a special interest".

Does that mean he won’t be voting with the NRA anymore?

[pampango]

23. Poll: tea party reps most likely to vote constituent wishes, not "best interests of country".

Democratic reps most likely (47-47) of all to consider "national interest" balanced with constituent wishes.



http://www.people-press.org/2013/10/16/tea-partys-image-turns-more-negative/

[heaven05]

24. Nothing new there, and they wouldn't have

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to put a gun to his head and he wouldn't hold his nose. Slavery happened once before in our 'democracy' and since the mentality has come up from a supposed grave, because of the election of our current POTUS, enlightenment has been put in that grave and with ryan and the TEANAZIS running the show, perhaps forever. Nothing surprises me anymore. American's voted these monsters into office and why, if the slavery vote came up again, would I believe that good christian amurikkkans wouldn't vote yeah for that institution once more?

[Tx4obama]

25. Kick n/t

[gopiscrap]

26. fucking idiot and yet people will still vote for the asswipe

[TomCADem]

29. This Is Probably What They Say With Respect To Threatening Default...

..."I did not actually want to threaten default, but my constituents made me."

[True Blue Door]

30. What do you suppose his constituents want from him now?