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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet Rick Tyler. He's running for Congress in Tennessee. Rick wants to "Make America White Again."
POLK COUNTY - (WRCB) - A campaign sign in Polk County is stirring up a lot of controversy. The sign, located off Highway 411 near Benton, says "Make America White Again" and was put there by Rick Tyler, an independent candidate in the race for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district seat currently held by Chuck Fleischmann.
Tyler told Channel 3, he has no hatred in his heart for "people of color." He says the sign's message is that America should go back to a "1960s, Ozzie and Harriet, Leave it to Beaver time when there were no break-ins; no violent crime; no mass immigration."
Several Channel 3 viewers have called or sent messages to our newsroom, saying the signs do not reflect the feelings of the entire county and that they want them down.
Tyler said, "I respect their right to have an opinion. I believe the majority of the people in the county like it."
http://www.wcnc.com/news/politics/elections/make-america-white-again-campaign-sign-causing-controversy-in-polk-co/252587052
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Meet Rick Tyler. He's running for Congress in Tennessee. Rick wants to "Make America White Again." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jun 2016
OP
Polk County used to have the highest rate of inbreeding in TN, until neighboring Bradley County took
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2016
#6
RoadRunner
(4,495 posts)1. Looks like
Trump found his running mate.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)2. A real out & out shithead
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)3. I hope he loses in a landslide..n/t
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)4. Embarrassed Tennessean here.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)5. You should add this video of him
The billboard is bad enough but him explaining it brought it to a whole other level of WTF for me.
ribrepin
(1,726 posts)9. Saw this on another post and had the same reaction
All he needs is the sheets.
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)6. Polk County used to have the highest rate of inbreeding in TN, until neighboring Bradley County took
over... and I think that's just because Bradley annexed part of Polk. Lots of backwoods, deep in the forest folks there, still living in the family homes from the 1800's, with no electricity, indoor plumbing, etc...
Peace,
Ghost
redStateBlueHeart
(265 posts)7. This guy sounds like a troll n/t
guntotin librul
(8 posts)8. Ha!!!
make America RED again!!!
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. Numbers?