NC NAACP head: Sen. Tim Scott a 'ventriloquist' dummy for right wing

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The head of North Carolina's chapter of the NAACP called Sen. Tim Scott a "ventriloquist dummy" for “the extreme right wing” in South Carolina, drawing a rebuke from the nation's only black Republican senator.

 

Speaking on the eve of Martin Luther King Day, the Rev. William Barber II, in a speech made at the Zion Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., said Scott, R-S.C., is a pawn of “the extreme right wing down here (in South Carolina)” which “finds a black guy to be senator and claims he’s the first black senator since Reconstruction and then he goes to Washington D.C. and articulates the agenda of the Tea Party,” The State newspaper reported.

 

Barber, who made the remarks as he addressed social issues including health care and voting, also criticized blacks who don’t follow King’s spirit, the newspaper reported.

 

Scott, who told FoxNews.com in a statement Tuesday that he’s never met Barber, said that to reflect seriously on Barber’s comments would do a “disservice to the very people who have sacrificed so much and paved a way.”

 

“Instead, I will honor the memory of Dr. King by being proactive in holding the door for others and serving my fellow man,” Scott said. “And Rev. Barber will remind me and others of what not to do.”

 

Scott will appear on Fox's "The Kelly File" Tuesday night to further discuss the comments.

 

In response, Barber told FoxNews.com that King “emphasized love and justice rather than extremism," and that support for "the far right" ignores problems in South Carolina such as aid to the poor and public education.

 

The Rev. Kevin E. Donalson Sr., the Zion Baptist Church’s pastor, meanwhile, told FoxNews.com that although he agreed “in principle” with Barber’s comments, he would not have used such language. And although he’s “grateful” that South Carolina has an African-American senator, he believes the policies Scott supports hurt the people whom King spent his life trying to help.

 

“I think we’ve gotten to a point, honestly, where policy does outweigh color,” he said.

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As long as you think the way you're supposed to, apparently...

 

 

[Valin]

@WestVirginaRebel

 

Translation: Sen. Tim Scott is an Uncle Tom.

 

What a black racist looks like.

 

If I were Sen. Scott, I'd be looking to publicly confront this guy with a large can of whup-ass.

 

[Casino67]

http://therightscoop.com/who-the-heck-do-you-think-you-are-niger-innis-slams-naacp-leader-for-calling-tim-scott-a-dummy-for-the-tea-party/

 

Niger Innis confronts Barber on his comments. Video at site.

[Valin]

http://therightscoop.com/who-the-heck-do-you-think-you-are-niger-innis-slams-naacp-leader-for-calling-tim-scott-a-dummy-for-the-tea-party/

 

Niger Innis confronts Barber on his comments. Video at site.

I wonder how long it will be before we see Rev. William Barber II walk this back?

[righteousmomma]

Barber is despicable.

 

NC NAACP president asks people to ‘stand up’ for justice

By Jim Morrill
jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com.
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014

Rev. William Barber II met with about 75 Charlotte activists and community leaders Tuesday night to plan a march that he called “bigger than Selma.”

Barber, president of the N.C. NAACP, led an organizing rally at Little Rock AME Zion Church. It was the latest stop on a 15-city tour to promote the Feb. 8 march in Raleigh.

Barber said he’s asking people to “stand up” for justice.

“This movement is not about black and white, it’s not about liberal or conservative,” he said before the rally.

Barber is the organizer of “Moral Mondays,” the demonstrations that began last spring during the General Assembly session in Raleigh.

The protests targeted what Barber has called the “immoral and unconstitutional policies” of the Republican-controlled legislature, including shrinking of unemployment benefits, a decision not to expand Medicaid and a voting bill that, among other things, requires a voter photo ID.

Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested in “Moral Monday” protests.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/21/4630292/nc-naacp-president-asks-people.html#.Ut-9RfZOnjA#storylink=cpy

[righteousmomma]

 

http://therightscoop.com/who-the-heck-do-you-think-you-are-niger-innis-slams-naacp-leader-for-calling-tim-scott-a-dummy-for-the-tea-party/

 

Niger Innis confronts Barber on his comments. Video at site.

I wonder how long it will be before we see Rev. William Barber II walk this back?

 

Never.