As Americans honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, a Republican candidate for Florida House District 68 said President Barack Obama should be hanged for war crimes.
"I'm past impeachment," Joshua Black wrote on Twitter. "It's time to arrest and hang him high."
Yes, because a Republican candidate calling for the hanging of the nation's first black President on MLK Day is an excellent way to make African-Americans think Republicans aren't a bunch of racist assholes. Good job, Josh!
Hours after the tweet, Black defended his comment. Obama should be held responsible for ordering a drone strike that killed a U.S. citizen overseas, he said.
"He should be executed for treason," Black said. "I think the appropriate punishment is death. They killed Benedict Arnold. (Obama) shouldn't be allowed to kill Americans without a trial."
The political newcomer said he doesn't fear U.S. Secret Service agents showing up on his doorstep. Many voters might agree with his position, he said, adding: "I guess they're going to call me a racist now."
Well, yes. You're right, I am going to call you a racist. So that makes Mr. Black here the victim. And the part where "many voters might agree" with him? That's the problem with the GOP right there. By the way, Joshua Black is actually, well, black. A gentle reminder that black folk can be awful, racist bigots too.
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Of course, Dick Cheney and George W Bush are not war criminals - after all, Jose Padilla deserved everything that they did to him. Plus, the so-called "interrogation methods" used at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prison were really just initiation rituals into fraternities at those two educational facilities.
Besides, Dick and George are Republicans - and everyone knows that it's OK if you're a Republican. IOKIYAR!
Are you sure Joshua Black qualifies as an asshole? I mean, even assholes have standards.
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