First They Came for the Fried Chicken Slurs …

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Remember a couple weeks ago when a GOP legislator from Colorado got in a bit of trouble for going off at a public hearing on poverty on the role of fried chicken in keeping blacks poor. Well, now a fellow Rep. brought a box of Popeye’s Fried Chicken to the Capitol as a silent protest against the rising tide of intolerance over saying crazy stuff about black people.

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