Dem Rep: Walker’s Policies ‘Tightening The Noose, Literally’ Around Blacks

UNITED STATES - JUNE 4: Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., speaks during a press conference with House Democrats on the Export-Import Bank in the Capitol on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll ... UNITED STATES - JUNE 4: Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., speaks during a press conference with House Democrats on the Export-Import Bank in the Capitol on Thursday, June 4, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) had some choice words on Monday for Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Moore said during a conference call about the governor’s campaigning that Walker’s policies are “tightening the noose, literally, around African Americans,” the Associated Press reported Monday.

Moore cited Walker’s requirements to show a photo ID to vote and take a drug test to receive welfare and his opposition to raising the minimum wage.

Walker’s campaign declined to comment to the AP.

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  1. Congratulations, you’re another person who thinks “literally” means “figuratively.”

  2. Avatar for wial wial says:

    All language is figurative if you really think about it.

  3. Mike Huckleberry should totally agree with her on this…after all, wasn’t he the one that said Obama is literally leading Israel to the ovens? It’s practically the same thing!

  4. More like… Koch policies … and … everyone who isn’t rich —

  5. No matter how much I agree with your point, the words you chose repel me. Evoking our history of lynching does not help with today’s struggles with voter equality any better than the right evoking gas chambers in relation to obamacare.

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