Local Texas Dem. party declines to accept resignation of chair who called U.S. Sen Tim Scott an oreo

[TexasTowelie]

by Megan Menchaca, Texas Tribune


The Lamar County Democratic Party is not accepting the resignation of its chair after he reportedly used the slur "oreo" to describe U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who is Black, in a now-deleted Facebook post, according to a statement provided to The Texas Tribune.

Representatives of the Lamar County Democrats met Tuesday to consider the resignation of Gary O’Connor, the Lamar County Democratic Party chair. However, the party said in a statement that they decided not to accept the resignation after taking the “last few days to reflect upon this incident.”

“Lamar County Democrats recommit ourselves to conduct our private conversations and our public social media discussions with anti-racist, pro-reconciling attitudes and language,” the party wrote in a statement. “We strongly condemn bigotry of any kind and will continue our historic efforts to work for justice and equality for all our fellow citizens.”

In a letter to Scott, a South Carolina Republican, O’Connor apologized for using the term, which refers to a “Black person who adopts the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class society,” according to Merriam-Webster. In a previous statement provided to the Washington Examiner, he said he had embarrassed himself and his party and offered his resignation from the Lamar County Democratic Party.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/04/gary-o-connor-oreo-texas-democrats/

[NewDayOranges]

1. I'm happy that the resignation was not accepted...

Does this make me a bad person?

Oh well...

[Shell_Seas]

2. I disagree. We are so hard on Republicans when they do stuff like this,

we should be equally hard on ourselves.

[hurl]

4. What do you mean, "stuff like this"?

He told the truth. Republicans do not, so false equivalency... Love your blog but Republicans and Democrats do not do remotely the same thing. This looks like false equivalency unless I misread.

[Shell_Seas]

5. Stuff like this be racist and act like they didn't mean it like that.

What the Lamar County chair wrote was racist and he should have resigned.

[Phoenix61]

3. No, it doesn't.

I’m so tired of us eating our own. We all have said things in the heat of the moment that do not represent who we are or what we believe. We shouldn’t, but we do and we need to apologize and make every effort not to let it happen again.