Ted Cruz's dad: “The Average Black Does Not” Understand The Minimum Wage Is Bad

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ted-cruzs-dad-the-average-black-does-not-understand-the-mini?utm_term=3jqu3vk#3m5wbx9

The father of Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said black people “need to be educated” about Democrats, so that they will vote Republican. Cruz, who made the comments at the Western Williamson Republican Club August meeting added “the average black does not” understand that the minimum wage is bad.

The Aug. 21 meeting advertised that Cruz would “speak passionately on what can be done to return our nation to the principles that made America exceptional.” During the speech, Cruz spoke at length about a recent conversation he said he had with a black pastor in Bakersfield, California.

“I said, as a matter of fact, ‘Did you know that Civil Rights legislation was passed by Republicans? It was passed by a Republican Senate under the threat of a filibuster by the Democrats,’” Cruz said. “‘Oh, I didn’t know that.’ And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

“Jason Riley said in an interview, Did you know before we had minimum wage laws black unemployment and white unemployment were the same? If we increase the minimum wage, black unemployment will skyrocket. See, he understands it, but the average black does not.”

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Is this the GOP minority outreach? Blacks "need to be educated"?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Is this the GOP minority outreach? Blacks "need to be educated"?

Some would call it an upgrade from the "blacks are too stupid to be educated" version of racism.

[King]

I'm glad they don't understand a complete falsehood.

[Badger]

Ted Cruz's dad needs educated, period.

But then some fellow Republicans actually consider me "moderate" for supporting a minimum wage at all.

[Likely Voter]

If Ted does run for president, he may have spend a lot of time explaining and/or appoligizing for things his dad says

[TDAS04]

Ted Cruz's dad needs to STFU.  

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Good. This will take attention off of Rand Paul's dad .

[IceSpear]

Ted Cruz's dad needs educated, period.

But then some fellow Republicans actually consider me "moderate" for supporting a minimum wage at all.

Actually I'm pretty sure they'd call you a liberal/Marxist.

[Indy Texas]

Someone get this man a parody twitter account.

@sh**tTedCruzsDadSays

[Grumpier Than Thou]

The average Republican doesn't understand black people.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The average Republican doesn't understand black people.

Do you?

I'm not defending Cruz's dad, but this isn't a left/right issue when it comes to race relations in general, as numerous recent threads prove.

[free my dawg]

Republican Texas

[Grumpier Than Thou]

The average Republican doesn't understand black people.

Do you?

Of course I don't, no white person does. The difference is that I can admit it.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The average Republican doesn't understand black people.

Do you?

Of course I don't, no white person does. The difference is that I can admit it.

Alright, you passed the test . I was afraid we lost you to the Progressive elitism bubble.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

“And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

So does he.  The KKK wasn't just in the South and when it did leave the confines of the solidly Democratic South in the 1920s, it was just as warmly welcomed by Republicans as Democrats.  Indeed, it in the North, it likely was more Republican than Democrats, especially amongst people whose grandparents had been nativist Know-Nothings.

[Cory]

This is golden. The more the merrier.

/Dem hack

[GaussLaw]

Most Americans, including a good chunk of Republicans, support raising the minimum wage, white or black.

Raphael Cruz is a racist idiot.

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“And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

So does he.  The KKK wasn't just in the South and when it did leave the confines of the solidly Democratic South in the 1920s, it was just as warmly welcomed by Republicans as Democrats.  Indeed, it in the North, it likely was more Republican than Democrats, especially amongst people whose grandparents had been nativist Know-Nothings.

Sounds like the Civil Rights vote. Once you correct for Northern'/Southern, Democrats in both places were more likely than Republicans to vote for it.

[Indy Texas]

“And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

So does he.  The KKK wasn't just in the South and when it did leave the confines of the solidly Democratic South in the 1920s, it was just as warmly welcomed by Republicans as Democrats.  Indeed, it in the North, it likely was more Republican than Democrats, especially amongst people whose grandparents had been nativist Know-Nothings.

Didn't the KKK's base in states like Indiana/Ohio mainly consist of Prohibitionist anti-Catholic Republicans?

[pbrower2a]

“And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

So does he.  The KKK wasn't just in the South and when it did leave the confines of the solidly Democratic South in the 1920s, it was just as warmly welcomed by Republicans as Democrats.  Indeed, it in the North, it likely was more Republican than Democrats, especially amongst people whose grandparents had been nativist Know-Nothings.

Bigots rarely hate selectively. They usually attribute to those whom they despise what they dislike or fear about themselves. Lust. Greed. Violent impulses. Rebellion.  

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Also anti-Jewish and anti-union (Catholics largely associated with labor unions). And of course, all for keeping blacks 'in their place', to use the code-words of the time. The Klan in the North was basically people who wanted the preservation of WASP supremacy and did not care how brutally such would be done.

The 1915 Klan had most of the hallmarks of fascism before Mussolini used the word fascism.    

[AggregateDemand]

African American voters have Stockholm Syndrome, and Democrats are incredibly proud for the psychological disease they have engendered in the minority community.

That said, Ted Cruz's dad to learn that Republicans talk a big game, but when it comes down to brass tacks, they are usually willing to go so far as to cut the top marginal tax rate by 2%. My God, how can the middle class not worship Republicans?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

African American voters have Stockholm Syndrome, and Democrats are incredibly proud for the psychological disease they have engendered in the minority community.

That said, Ted Cruz's dad to learn that Republicans talk a big game, but when it comes down to brass tacks, they are usually willing to go so far as to cut the top marginal tax rate by 2%. My God, how can the middle class not worship Republicans?

FTFY

[pbrower2a]

African American voters have Stockholm Syndrome, and Democrats are incredibly proud for the psychological disease they have engendered in the minority community.

Middle-class, educated blacks reject the Republican Party in droves even if they would seem to have a shared interest of white people of similar education and income for lower personal taxes. Of course,  middle-class, educated blacks may be more likely to be government employees -- and even if professionals or business owners they may have clientele that use government aid. If your patients are Medicaid recipients or your grocery store relies heavily upon food aid, then you might have an interest in preserving a generous welfare state.

Lower taxes on much lowered income -- or having to get a new job that pays much less -- is a losing proposition for Republicans with blacks at any demographic level.

Stockholm syndrome? No. Rational self-interest. It need not be identical with your idea of rational self-interest to be personally valid.
   

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Maybe it is because the Republicans have little to offer but "Profits first, profits only, until we say otherwise".

[Heimdal]

I agree that Ted Cruz is an idiot, but is this really that much worse than Obamas «typical white person»?