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Adenoid_Hynkel

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Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:06 PM Jan 2017

Charleston, WV mayor makes controversial comment about Sanders [View all]

Source: WSAZ



CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A mayor in our region is facing harsh criticism after he made a controversial comment on his morning talk show.

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones was talking about the confirmation hearing of Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General.

"Jeff Sessions is going to be Attorney General, and I would say to Senator Schumer and Senator Warren ... and Senator, uh, Bernie, the Jewish guy, I want to drop on the Gaza Strip, Bernie Sanders, to get over it," Jones said on 580 WCHS Monday.

Mike Pushkin, the only Jewish member of the West Virginia Legislature, did not take the comment lightly.

Read more: http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Charleston-mayor-makes-controversial-comment-about-US-Senator-410324515.html



Lifetime Republican and another embarrassment from my home state
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