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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Gingrich Is Using Racial ‘Code Words’

by on January 23, 2012

I’ve got some choice words for this lady, none of which can be published here! GP

‘Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Friday accused Newt Gingrich of using racial “code words” in calling President Barack Obama the “food stamp president” and saying schools ought to hire children to do janitorial work.
‘The Texas congresswoman’s comments came in response to a question about remarks she made on the House floor Wednesday, when she said there are “candidates like Newt Gingrich who want to throw fuel and matches and fire to develop sort of an explosiveness in this country” and there are “underlying suggestions” to calling Obama the “food stamp president.”
“These are code words. It’s inappropriate,” Jackson Lee told MSNBC’s Martin Bashir Friday. “Let me say that the code words, as far as I’m concerned words that generate and signify race.” ‘

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-gingrich-is-using-racial-code-words/

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