Wisconsin GOPer Drops Out Of Race Over 'F*gs' And 'N*ggers' Tweets

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: TPM

A Wisconsin Republican dropped out of the race for a seat on the state assembly on Tuesday after he admitted that he made offensive comments about gay and black people on social media, according to The Gazette.

Jacob Dorsey, a 19-year-old candidate challenging Democratic state Rep. Deb Kolste, apologized last week for referring to gay people as "fags" in a tweet.

In December 2013, Dorsey tweeted "fags need 2 leave my favorite state alone" after a judge decided not to stay the ruling that struck down Utah's gay marriage ban, according to the NOManiancs blog.

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In comments on YouTube videos, he used the words "fags" and "niggers." In one comment he said "Niggers trash cars. I'm not selling my town car to one..." according to NOManiac's screenshots, which were also posted on the Janesville Community Facebook page.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jacob-dorsey-wisconsin-offensive-comments

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Republicans in all their glory.

Of course they have to conceal their true beliefs, but occasionally they let slip.

[CTyankee]

1. Great! This is now the 2nd post on some republican saying something outrageous

that I've read here on DU in just the last few minutes.

Have the republicans all just lost their minds in synch with each other?

Wow.

[Scuba]

2. The R's here are all pretty much like that, 'cept for a very few.

[MillennialDem]

44. The only ones who aren't are typically the rich and upper middle (or think they are

upper middle) class sellouts. They're gay themselves or have gay family members and so on.

They just care more about those high end TAX CUTS.

[Half-Century Man]

3. Oh Effing Yay....

I live in this county, ergo, I share common turf with the.....persons who spawned this nitwit.

I suddenly need a bath.

[Neoma]

19. We live in a country where folks drop out of elections for using those words.

That's some sort of bright-side right?

[Half-Century Man]

36. Feel better after my bath, but now I'm out of hydrogen peroxide and granny's lye soap.

If only I could convince myself Dorsey dropped out because he was genuinely sorry for the words used and not because he got caught waving his hate flag.
Rock county Wisconsin isn't doing well enough that we can afford to be derisive.

[Caijoe]

46. No they don't drop out...

they are forced out, big difference.

[a kennedy]

4. and just across the Mississippi river from Wisconsin in Minnesota, yup, 90 % of my neighbors think

the same way. It's terrible around here. Ugh.....

[Louisiana1976]

5. Another Republican has exposed himself to be a racist and a bigot. So what else is new?

[DeadLetterOffice]

6. I was all set to rant about idiot republicans

... and then noticed that the offender is 19.

So now I'm all set to rant about idiot teenagers who weren't brought up right...

[KamaAina]

10. I thought millennials were supposed to be past all the racism and homophobia

[FiveGoodMen]

13. We thought we were done with racism in the '60s and '70s, too

Just being young isn't enough.

[DeadLetterOffice]

20. Then you haven't been hanging out with teenagers much.

And it probably varies by geography as well.

[KamaAina]

21. I am merely parroting what I've read

in about 8,500 articles about millennials written by people my age.

[DeadLetterOffice]

26. I totally get it.

And perhaps as a broad demographic it is true, I don't know. But from my personal exposure as a parent of teenagers -- not so much. Again though, it likely varies by geography, income, parents' education level, etc. Here in rural red-ville, you still hear a lot of bigotry from all ages.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. What a lovely specimen of humanity Mr. Dorsey is. nt

[jonjensen]

8. This is how most republicans talk

Most republicans are racists he was just trying to communicate with them in language that they understand. What % of republican hate President Obama because he is black 75% 90% 99% more?

[calimary]

9. FUCK him.

I'd say "FUCK him in the heart." If he had one, that is. An assumption that is not at all a safe bet, in his case.

[47of74]

18. Double fuck him.

And all the creepy little GOP idiots too.

[Half-Century Man]

37. Not even with a borrowed dick (nt)

[KamaAina]

11. On top of everything else

"...need 2 leave my favorite state alone" after a judge decided not to stay the ruling that struck down Utah's gay marriage ban

If you're running for office in Wisconsin, shouldn't Wisconsin be your favorite state?

[KamaAina]

12. Janesville, eh?

Must be something in the water. Think Paul Ryan.

[Half-Century Man]

38. Spelled it wrong

It's S,l,a,p not T,h,i,n,k.

[KamaAina]

41. DUzy!

[delete_bush]

14. The GOP uses these state/local races as

something similar to the farm club system in baseball. This guy made it to the "Rookie League" by running for office, but strikes out in his first at bat. Were he to have been elected and put in his time, he might be good enough for "AA" or even "AAA".

Spend some more time, keep your real thoughts to yourself, and you could eventually make it to the "Big Show", where power/money/influence will provide protection and ensure you have a pleasant stay.

It's a vetting process with little downside for them. They tossed this one to the ash heap and are looking for a refund.

Dorsey withdrew from the race and will return to school at Brigham Young University-Idaho, from which he took a semester off to campaign for state assembly.

"I have decided to withdraw from the race due to insensitive remarks that have surfaced from years past," he said in a statement to The Gazette. "This race has been extremely hard on my family and myself."

In a statement to The Gazette, the Republican Party of Rock County denounced Dorsey's remarks and said they requested that the party's contribution to his campaign be returned.

"His comments have no place in our political discourse," the party said in the statement. "The party was unaware of his comments when he announced his candidacy in May and when it provided a financial contribution to his campaign."

[KamaAina]

22. BYU? So he's Mormon?

I thought the LDS Church had dropped the "sons and daughters of Cain" thing before he was born.

[BeeBee]

24. Yes. Good little religious Mormon boy. n/t

[delete_bush]

28. Sounds like he's got the old

"Adam & Steve" thingy down as well.

He's a real piece of work, also has a hankerin' for a new Civil War...

[Frank Cannon]

43. God Bless Robert E. Lee...

...is a song that praises Robert E. Lee for surrendering and ENDING the Civil War and all of its destruction and killing, despite the pleas of Jefferson Davis and others at the time to keep it going. Like many of Johnny Cash's songs, it is obviously ANTI-WAR to anyone with a higher-than-room-temperature IQ.

Fucking dumbass Republican. But I repeat myself.

[freebrew]

45. Channeling Twain?

Another one that fits: Better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

[alp227]

15. WHAT? He should've STAYED!

So that voters see conservatism in America, UNMASKED.

[SoapBox]

35. Yes, yes, yes alp!

You are absolutely correct...we should have encouraged the little GOPig to have continued his spew...tell it like ya feel it man!

He would be his own best advertising as to why Dems need to haul their spineless BUTTS out and vote!

[dembotoz]

16. not as rare as one would hope

bigotry is cool again in wisconsin

[Half-Century Man]

39. We do have the largest disparity in education based on race.

[world wide wally]

17. Hee is what nobody seems to get….

I think it is not too much of a leap to lump ALL Republicans together. If one of them says it, they might as well all said it.
How can I speak in such a generality and claim guilt by association? Easily, look at their voting records. In there days of hyper partisan politics, they all vote in lockstep. This is how they have passed their draconian laws in various states where they control legislatures and how they have filibustered the country over 400 times since Obama was elected.

So since they all vote the same….. .they should ALL be held accountable for what ANY ONE of them says.

[Historic NY]

23. Little dweeb is barely out of diapers....

people need to make sure he never has a political career.

[TNNurse]

25. As a life long Southerner

I used to think bigots and racists were all southern.

[DeadLetterOffice]

27. Oh no. Nope. Nuh-uh.

Although I do agree it gets expressed differently based on geography.
We northeastern folk are usually more subtle about it than many, but don't let that fool you into thinking we don't have our prejudices.

[KamaAina]

29. Oh yes. People in Howard Beach, Queens and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn are very subtle.

[DeadLetterOffice]

30. Snicker

OK, right, good point, lol.

I was thinking New England, honestly -- where it's fine to be a bigoted ass as long as you don't do it in public.

[cntrygrl]

48. In my experiences, you're absolutely correct. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

31. YAY! You know whose fault this is?

[Cali_Democrat]

33. HAHAHAHA. nt

[yurbud]

32. I think they just found their 2016 presidential candidate

[Bleacher Creature]

34. Is the "GOPer" qualifier necessary?

At this point, it's pretty much a given as to the political party of a candidate who makes racially offensive remarks.

[radicalliberal]

40. "This race has been extremely hard on my family and myself."

Aw, you poor little baby! Well, if I were your dad, I'd be embarrassed to have a little twerp like you for a son!

"f*ck Abraham Lincoln"

Is something wrong with this picture? This isn't the first time I've heard individual Repugs speak disparagingly of the founder of their own party.

He looks like a squirrelly, spoiled rich punk!

Oh, I thought Mormons weren't supposed to be racists anymore.

"His comments have no place in our political discourse."

Yeah! For the sake of PR, those comments should be kept private, not public!

[Skittles]

49. these people

I can honestly say no matter how stressed I am, no matter how tired I am, no matter how much I've had to drink, I'll never go on a racist rant.....because I just don't f***ing think that way

[KamaAina]

42. 'Figs' and 'Naggers' tweets?

[freshwest]

47. Oh, no, don't leave! We were just getting to know you!

America, better smell the coffee, these guys are the future. Bet he's got plenty of brothers and sisters that tweet the same stuff. Now he will go home and spout how oppressed he was by the godless libruls stalking him!

[Ken Burch]

50. If nothing else, when you're running for office in Wisconsin...

...it's not good strategy to say that your favorite state is Utah.