Another Ignorant GOP Representative backtracking his RACIST REMARKS

NC GOP Rep. Pittenger: Charlotte Protesters Hate Whites ‘Because White People are Successful and They’re Not’

by Andy Towle

September 23, 2016  

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North Carolina GOP Congressman Robert Pittenger appeared on BBC for an interview last night about the protests that have engulfed the city of Charlotte following the shooting of Keith Scott.
Pittenger’s statement about the protests drew immediate rebuke.

Said Pittenger: “The grievance in their mind is the animus, the anger. They hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not. I mean, yes, it is, it is a welfare state. We have spent trillions of dollars on welfare, and we’ve put people in bondage so they can’t be all that they are capable of being.”

Watch:

 

  BBC Newsnight ✔ @BBCNewsnight

Protesters in #Charlotte "hate white people" - 

North Carolina Congressman Pittenger tells #newsnight

 Fellow lawmakers were outraged:

 Rep. Grier Martin @GrierMartin

One of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard. 

Ashamed to have served with this fool in the  #ncga. #ncpol 

 https://twitter.com/RaleighReporter/status/779079146571956228 …

Pittenger tried to walk back the comments on Twitter a few hours later:

 

Rep Robert Pittenger @reppittenger

What is taking place in my hometown breaks my heart. 

Today, my anguish led me to respond to a reporter's 

question in a way that I regret

 Rep Robert Pittenger @reppittenger

I apologize to those I offended and hope 

we can bring peace and calm to Charlotte.

Rep Robert Pittenger @reppittenger

My intent was to discuss the lack of economic mobility 

for African Americans because of failed policies.

 Pittenger later tried to smooth things over with CNN’s Don Lemon:

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