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Home Front: Politix
Oprah Invokes Lynching, Oppression in Campaign Speech for Stacey Abrams
2018-11-02
[Breitbart] In a Thursday speech in the Republican-leaning suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, Oprah Winfrey urged voters to make history by backing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in next week’s election, saying she refuses to allow the sacrifices of those who were "lynched" and "oppressed" to be "in vain."

Abrams is locked in a tight race with her Republican rival, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp, as she tries to become the nation’s first black female governor.

Oprah Winfrey praised Abrams as a "change-maker" who represents the values of all Georgians. The talk show icon, who rarely makes political endorsements, drew cheers when she said she’s a registered independent who was not in Georgia at anyone’s request.

In other news unrelated to lynching, but seldom discussed: ABC 7 Eyewitness News - 259 shot, 47 fatally, in Chicago during October
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Psssst - Clarence Thomas - unsuccessfully
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-02 20:15  

#9  According to Wiki, the last lynching of a black man was 1918. Two others were killed in 1915, method not described,but implied.
Doesn't seem to be a problem for the 100 years or so....
Posted by: jvalentour   2018-11-02 17:27  

#8  At least they're not 'gonna put y'all back in chains'.
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-02 13:11  

#7  Supposedly, Oprah has "temporarily" stepped down from her job at CBS's 60 Minutes. But I'm sure she'll be back. I think we can therefore assume that 60 Minutes in particular, and CBS in general, is about as objective and impartial in their news reporting as George Stephanopoulos at ABC, which is about as objective and impartial as Hillary Clinton, every bit as objective and impartial as Stacey Abrams. In other words, CBS is nothing more than a propaganda outlet for the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-11-02 10:42  

#6  Lynchings? That tends to be a Democrat thing. Oprah, does Justice Thomas, Herman Cain, and Justice Kavanaugh count as lynchings or attempted lynchings?
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-11-02 10:39  

#5  Before she flew back to spend time on Geffen's yacht...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-11-02 10:06  

#4  she tries to become the nation’s first black female governor

The time when persons judged by the content of their character - not the color of their skin, are not here yet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-11-02 09:08  

#3  Eat a bag of dicks, Oprah.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-11-02 08:55  

#2  Oprah, you are worse than the KKK. They were honest about being worthless subhuman vermin at least. You are just showing the whip to keep your own people on the slave masters plantation.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2018-11-02 08:20  

#1  
Oprah Winfrey urged voters to make history by backing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in next week’s election, saying she refuses to allow the sacrifices of those who were "lynched" and "oppressed" to be "in vain."

...and never mind that inconvenient little detail that it was the Democrats (and their KKK brownshirts) who did the lynching and oppressing.
Posted by: Dave D.   2018-11-02 06:51  

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