Harry Belafonte Compares Koch Brothers to KKK. Lhota Goes Nutz! [View all]

[Smarmie Doofus]

Apparently they dropped 200 K on Lonesome Joe's ( GOP candidate for mayor of NYC) campaign. Lhota's demanding that di Blasio apologize *for* Belafonte.

>>>Less than an hour after he called Caribbean singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte’s comparison of the Koch brothers to the KKK “hateful” and “race-baiting,” Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota released a statement today taking more direct aim at his electoral rival, Bill de Blasio.

“It’s reprehensible that a candidate for mayor of the City of New York would closely associate himself with an individual who has equated the American government to Al Qaida and the 9/11 hijackers and has a long history of hateful, racist remarks,” Mr. Lhota declared.

Mr. de Blasio told reporters the KKK comparison was “the wrong way to talk about” the brothers after the church event today where Mr. Belafonte made the remarks while introducing the candidate, but declined to show any signs of disapproval to the congregation when he took the stage–which Mr. Lhota found unacceptable.

“What’s worse, when Bill de Blasio had an opportunity to speak out against his hate speech today, he was silent and instead called Mr. Belafonte ‘a treasure to our nation,’” he said.

In his statement this afternoon, Mr. Lhota also called on Mr. de Blasio to more directly repudiate the comparison.

“There is no room in our public discourse for race-baiting, hate speech from anyone–white, black or otherwise. One of our greatest mayors, Ed Koch, denounced Mr. Belafonte and urged other Democrats to do the same. Our public leaders must have the courage and conviction to speak out against unacceptable conduct. Mr. de Blasio had that opportunity and failed. He should immediately denounce Mr. Belafonte’s hate speech and call on him to apologize. Anything less would be a disservice to New Yorkers,” he added.>>>

Don't ask me how former Mayor *Ed* Koch ( no relation... that I know of, anyway) turns up in this. I thought he was dead. Here's the rest:

http://politicker.com/2013/11/lhota-denounces-de-blasio-for-reprehensible-reaction-to-kkk-remark/