NJ GOP House Candidate: ‘Diversity Is A Bunch Of Crap,’ ‘Un-American’

Seth Grossman, GOP candidate for New Jersey's Second Congressional DIstrict. Screengrab.
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About two months before he won the Republican primary in New Jersey’s southern Second Congressional District, candidate Seth Grossman told those gathered at a GOP campaign forum on April 21 that “diversity is a bunch of crap” and an “un-American” concept.

In a chaotic series of statements, Grossman implied that America was “great” before Affirmative Action and before women worked and then claimed that African Americans would profit off of stronger immigration enforcement.

“What diversity has become, it’s an excuse by Democrats, communists and socialists, basically, to say that we’re not all created equal, that if some people or somebody is less qualified, they will get a job anyway or they’ll get into college anyway because of what group or what box they fit into,” he said. “Women, African American, Hispanic, they’re chopping us up into different pieces and getting us fighting against each other instead of spending our time saying everybody should be judged by their own talent, their work.

“Once we  say that Republicans want these traditional ways that made America great for all these years, then maybe African Americans will realize if we enforce our immigration laws, they’re be more opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds,” he said. “When we talk about women saying ‘Well we need special care for child care, we need this credit and that credit.’ I say wait a minute, when America was great, one parent alone earned more than enough money to comfortably support a family.”

The comments were filmed by the American Bridge to the 21st Century group, a political action committee that tracks Republican candidates, and were reported on by Philly.com. When contacted by Philly.com on Monday, Grossman, who has aligned himself with President Donald Trump, stood behind his comments.

Grossman faces Democrat Jeff Van Drew in a race seen as key to national Democrats’ plans to win back the House of Representatives.

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  1. Avatar for theod theod says:

    A jew like Grossman clearly has a very short memory of the American immigrant experience. He forgets that this is what earlier Americans said about the filthy, flea-bitten, ignorant jews who escaped to America, including his very own relatives. Now he wants to sound like a WASP whose ancestors owned the boat his people came over on. Sad. Some people will do anything to join the local country club.

  2. Thank you, Mr. Grossman, for illustrating why the Republican Party is an agent of evil.

  3. This from an aging white dude? I am STUNNED.

  4. He sounds nice.

  5. Avatar for jtl jtl says:

    Another GOP politician who forgets he’s not supposed to say what his party believes OUT LOUD. (Or alternatively, feels sufficiently comfortable under Trump to say it out loud.) Whatever the reason, these guys really are squirming out from under their rocks these days.

    Anyway, this is a good thing - not only can his opponent use it against him, but other Democratic candidates can use it against their opponents. “Do you agree with your colleague when he says this?”

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