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The Observer reports:
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) communication director Ian Walters sparked controversy with a racially charged insult hurled at former RNC chair Michael Steele on Friday night. “We elected Mike Steele as chairman because he was a black guy, that was the wrong thing to do,” Walters told hundreds of conservatives during the conference’s Ronald Reagan dinner as guests at tables gasped in shock.
Michael Steele was near the back of the room, and addressed Walters’ remarks. “I wanted to talk to [CPAC chair] Matt Schlapp first, but I think it’s painfully stupid what he said,” Steele told Observer. “If he feels that way I’d like him to come say that to my face. And then I’d like him to look at my record and see what I did. I can’t believe an official of CPAC would go onstage in front of an audience and say something like that. I’ve been a strong supporter of CPAC for many years and I thought they raised them better than that here.”
CPAC communication director Ian Walters at Reagan dinner
“We elected Mike Steele as chairman because he was a black guy, that was the wrong thing to do”
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 24, 2018
Michael Steele is literally right outside the dinner right now pic.twitter.com/j8WXqqfnra
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 24, 2018
Why is Michael Steele still in the Republican Party?
— deray (@deray) February 24, 2018
Former RNC Chair Michael Steele tells @JoyAnnReid that CPAC communications director tried to blame Obama for his racist attack on Steele. (And Republicans wonder why they get called racist). pic.twitter.com/VWaQCP3dSf
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 24, 2018