Republican Rep: “Everyone Has Some Racist In Them”

NBC News reports:

An Alabama Republican congressman said on Wednesday that “everyone has some racist in them,” pushing back on GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s assertion that the United States has never been a racist country. Rep. Jerry Carl made the remarks during a GOP primary debate against fellow Rep. Barry Moore. The two congressmen are squaring off against each other in Alabama’s March 5 primary after redistricting.

A federal court ordered Alabama last year to adopt a new congressional map with a second Black opportunity district. “I used to work a lot with ministers, and I had some very private conversations. Everyone has some type of racist in them,” Carl said. “My mother, who [after] Pearl Harbor — she couldn’t stand the Japanese. She couldn’t stand them. And it used to just eat her from the inside out. So it’s there,” he added.

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As you’ll see at the link, Carl followed up a statement to NBC declaring that antifa and Black Lives Matter are racist.

Carl recently appeared here when he claimed that removing Trump from the ballot “is the new COVID” and when he claimed to have paid $5.72 for two apple in a DC store.

Alabama GOP congressman disagrees with Nikki Haley’s comments that America is not a “racist country.”

“Everyone has some type of racist in them,” Rep. Jerry Carl said. https://t.co/2LdL1Dg37f by @VaughnHillyard

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) January 25, 2024