Oprah Hits Back At Racist Robocall: ‘Jesus Don’t Like Ugly’

MARIETTA, GA - NOVEMBER 01: Oprah Winfrey interviews Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in front of an audience during a town hall style event at the Cobb Civic Center on November 1, 2018 in Mar... MARIETTA, GA - NOVEMBER 01: Oprah Winfrey interviews Georgia Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in front of an audience during a town hall style event at the Cobb Civic Center on November 1, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Winfrey travelled to Georgia to campaign with Abrams ahead of the mid-term election. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) MORE LESS

Oprah Winfrey addressed the racist robocall that was circulating about her in Georgia ahead of the governor’s race, for which she has been campaigning for Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.

“I heard people were making racist robocalls in my name, against Stacey Abrams, who I am 100 percent for in Georgia,” Winfrey said in an Instagram post. “I just want to say, Jesus don’t like ugly. And we know what to do about that: vote.”

 

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The blatantly racist robocall claims, “This is the magical negro, Oprah Winfrey, asking you to make my fellow negress, Stacey Abrams, governor of Georgia.”

“Years ago, the Jews who own the American media saw something in me: the ability to trick dumb white women into thinking I was like them,” the voice continues. “I see that same potential in Stacey Abrams.”

Republican candidate Brian Kemp condemned the calls, which were recorded by a white nationalist.

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  1. Those racist robocalls are generated by a white supremacist in Sandpoint, Idaho.

    Here’s an article about him, written by a friend of mine, and how a Virginia man wants to fight back with a mob of accordion-playing clowns.

    Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any information on the status of his permit.

  2. Please, please, please could we stop calling these creeps, “White nationalists”? There is no nation called White, not in Europe and not here. They are White Supremacists, Nazis, Fascists, but they are not defending any nation, least of all the USA.,

  3. Good for Oprah!

  4. Speaking of ugly, this picture is a bit on the weird side. Good message, but I could do without the pic!

    therock Get out and VOTE. Don’t do it for me. Do it for our little ones.

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