Joe Walsh: Blame Baltimore Riots On Dems Who Made Blacks Gov’t ‘Slaves’

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers are divided, it turns out, on what divided government means. And it helps explain why reach... FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers are divided, it turns out, on what divided government means. And it helps explain why reaching a debt-ceiling accord is so hard. With Republicans controlling the House, and Democrats controlling the Senate and White House, many people feel it’s self-evident that neither party can get everything it wants. But many House Republicans feel they answer only to their district’s constituents. They made rock-solid promises never to raise taxes, and if tax hikes are the Democrats’ demand for a deal, these Republicans say “no deal.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) MORE LESS
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Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) on Tuesday weighed in on the protests in Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, and blamed the riots on Democrats.

Walsh also criticized President Obama’s remarks on the riots in Baltimore.

Walsh has a penchant for making controversial remarks on Twitter. In January, he said that staffers at MSNBC and CNN should be “beheaded.”

Last year, he was kicked off of his own radio show after he used racial slurs on air. And it appears that WNYM AM in New York dropped Walsh’s show earlier this month.

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  1. Avatar for marby marby says:

    Please don’t give this irresponsible, immoral, loser any publicity. We DON’T CARE what he says about anything.

  2. Gosh, I sure hope the Republicans bought enough papertowels to, you know–wipe up all the splooge their spilling today.

  3. I was this close to responding to one of his tweets but I decided watching paint dry was more constructive.

  4. Who is this guy? He doesn’t sound too swift. If I were you, I wouldn’t waste your publication space on him. He obviously needs help.

  5. Bullshit Joe.
    It’s republicans who will not adequately fund K-12 and higher education. Republicans who give tax breaks to the ultra wealthy (in order to get campaign donations). I could go on for a couple hours but you get the idea, Joe.

    Hey Joe, how’s the family? Paid your child support lately, Joe? Joe? (crickets)

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