Harris County GOP chair-elect resigns after sharing racist Facebook post juxtaposing an MLK quote

[TexasTowelie]

Harris County GOP chair-elect resigns after sharing racist Facebook post juxtaposing an MLK quote with a banana


Harris County Republican Party chair-elect Keith Nielsen announced on Facebook he will not take office in August, days after defending a racist post related to ongoing protests on racial inequity.

“I have spent my entire adult life supporting conservative candidates and causes and I am grateful for the thousands of supporters who have reached out to me over the last several days,” Nielsen wrote in a Facebook post. “I regret that I must step aside as Chairman-elect of the Harris County Republican Party and will not be taking office on Aug. 3rd.”

The Tribune previously reported that Nielson posted an image on Facebook earlier this week that showed a Martin Luther King Jr. quote — "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" — on a background with a banana. The juxtaposition of the quote and the banana can be read as an allusion to equating black people with monkeys, a well-worn racist trope.

Nielsen appears to have deleted the post and apparently addressed it on his Facebook page Thursday evening. On Friday he said he would not resign, before changing course on Saturday and announcing that he would not be taking office on Aug. 3. Nielsen did not address the reason for his stepping down in his post.

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(Bryan-College Station Eagle)

[raging moderate]

1. Not good for the Danes, Mr. Nielsen.

I do not think my Nielsen ancestors would have appreciated this sentiment.

[CountAllVotes]

2. Let these asswholes fall like matchsticks

Soon they'll pile up so high that they will break the camel's back.

The sooner they go down the better!

& recommend!!

[rpannier]

3. Nielsen did not address the reason for his stepping down in his post.

Spend more time with his family and rededicate himself to Jesus Christ
That's usually their pat answer

[Gothmog]

4. I saw this on the local news