Nevada GOPer Says He'd Vote For Slavery If That's What His Constituents Wanted

[RandySF]

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada assemblyman came under fire Monday after a YouTube video surfaced in which he told a Republican gathering he would vote to allow slavery if that is what his constituents wanted him to do.

"If that's what they wanted, I'd have to hold my nose ... they'd probably have to hold a gun to my head, but yeah," Assemblyman Jim Wheeler told members of the Storey County Republican Party at a meeting in August.

His comments were swiftly denounced by Republicans and Democrats alike.

"Assemblyman Wheeler's comments are deeply offensive and have no place in our society," Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a statement. "He should retract his remarks and apologize."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/jim-wheeler-slavery_n_4172054.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[niyad]

1. and the racist pos should resign at once.

[Nevernose]

2. Until fairly recently, Nevada was called

"The Mississippi of the West." One of the last states to desegregate.

[rollin74]

3. Assemblyman Jim Wheeler's contact info and website

Jim Wheeler
Assemblyman, District No. 39

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

[e-mail]
775.684.8843

http://www.wheeler4nevada.org/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Wheeler4Nevada

[Skittles]

4. WTF

the more we hear what these freaks really think the more it makes us sick

[Warren DeMontague]

5. "I'd eat a poop, if that's what my constituents wanted me to do!"

"Hell, I'd eat two! The voters demand it!"

Fuck, Jim, nice to know we still have legislators with that level of integrity.

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. Make no mistake, Nevada is run by a conglomeration of gangsters,

shitkickers, and morons. There is not one person of note here that does not fall into at least one, if not more, of these categories.

On the plus side, outsmarting these idiots is easy.

The down side is that one the tip to the fact that they've been outsmarted, they are free wreak vengeance with no worry about repercussions.

It is a lot like living in Chicago with a more level playing field.

[Scootaloo]

7. Well, on one hand, yeah, that's his job. On the other... hell of an example, buddy

What, are you suggesting your constituents would force you into it? I'm sure they appreciate it. or are you just hoping?