PAC Won’t Pull Ad Saying White Dems Will Be ‘Lynching Black Folk Again’

speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on September 18, 2017 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 18: Hon. French Hill, U.S. Representative for Arkansas?s 2nd Congressional District, speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on September 18, 2017 in New York City... NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 18: Hon. French Hill, U.S. Representative for Arkansas?s 2nd Congressional District, speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on September 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A political action committee said Friday that it won’t pull a widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month.

Vernon Robinson with Black Americans for the President’s Agenda said Friday that the group won’t cancel the radio ad running in the Little Rock area in support of Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill. He said the group also won’t pull a similar ad he says is airing in Missouri. The ads in both states are scheduled to run through Friday, Robinson said.

“There’s no plan to change the current mix of ads. We have a plan, we’re executing the plan,” Robinson, the PAC’s co-founder and treasurer, told The Associated Press.

Hill and his Democratic challenger, Clarke Tucker, have condemned the Arkansas ad, which invokes the accusation that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when he was a teenager. The ad implies that Democrats’ support for Kavanaugh’s accuser means black men wouldn’t be protected from unfounded rape claims.

A woman in the ad says that “white Democrats will be lynching black folk again.”

“I’m voting to keep Congressman French Hill and the Republicans, because we have to protect our men and boys,” the woman in the ad says. “We can’t afford to let white Democrats take us back to bad old days of race verdicts, life sentences and lynchings when a white girl screams rape.”

Robinson has said the ad is part of a $50,000 buy.

Tucker and Democrats are relying in part on heavy turnout from African-Americans to flip the 2nd District seat, which covers Little Rock and seven central Arkansas counties. The ad isn’t the first time racially charged issues have come into play in the race. Tucker last month denounced immigration attack mailers sent out by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s PAC as “racist.” Tucker earlier this month said a statue of his great-great-grandfather should be removed from the U.S. Capitol, condemning his ancestor’s statement that the South looked to the Democratic Party to preserve “white standards.”

Hill and Tucker are both white. The 2nd District is about 23 percent black, according to U.S. Census estimates.

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. “There’s no plan to change the current mix of ads. We have a plan, we’re executing the plan,”

    Um, okay. I’m sure this will be devastating…to the…Democrats?

  2. Those Liberal mobs can get out of hand when a hint of lynching is in the air…

    One time they pelted this poor guy with discarded Kale stems…

  3. “Vernon Robinson with Black Americans for the President’s Agenda said Friday that the group won’t cancel the radio ad running in the Little Rock area in support of Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill.”

    Robinson may be the face of Russian Ratf*ckers for Republicans, but here’s the wallet:

    Individual donors who gave large ($200+) contributions to “Black Americans for the President’s Agenda” PAC in 2017-2018

    CHOATE, ARTHUR B MR, CORAL GABLES FL 33146
    INVESTOR
    06/25/18 $1,000

    DUGGAN, PATRICIA, BELLEAIR BEACH FL 33786
    Investor
    09/24/18 $1,000

    REITZ, CHASKA HALL, ROSEVILLE, MN 55113
    Homemaker
    09/20/18 $1,000

    WAITE, NORMAN JR, AVON CO 81620
    Booth Creek Mgt Corp
    08/17/18 $1,000

    WIEHR, LORETTA M MS, LIVINGSTON TX 77399
    Retired
    09/21/18 $1,000

    BRITTON, LYNDA R, CLEVELAND OH 44108
    Retired
    08/27/18 $1,000

    JOHNSON, CHARLES B MR, PALM BEACH FL 33480
    Franklin Resources Inc
    07/23/18 $1,000

    […]

    How many of these contributors are pink hedge-fund managers and their family? Follow the money…

    And here’s the Kremlin snake oil they’re peddling:

    Veselnitskaya teamed with Mr. Chaika’s office to pass the accusations to an American congressional delegation visiting Moscow. An official with the Russian prosecutor general’s office gave a memo detailing the charges — stamped “confidential”— to Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who is considered to be one of the most pro-Russia lawmakers in Congress and who heads a subcommittee that helps oversee U.S. policy toward Russia. Ms. Veselnitskaya handed a nearly identical memo to Representative French Hill, Republican of Arkansas.

  4. “…We have to protect our men and boys…”

    What? I would think these guys would be proud of protecting themselves rather than hiding behind their mothers’ skirts.

  5. “There’s no plan to change the current mix of ads. We have a plan, we’re executing the plan,” Robinson, the PAC’s co-founder and treasurer, told The Associated Press…

    A woman in the ad says that “white Democrats will be lynching black folk again.”

    When these Trumpublican lowlifes look up, they see the pits of hell.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

13 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for pluckyinky Avatar for jootjoint Avatar for sysprog Avatar for ncsteve Avatar for asanders91360 Avatar for blandsten Avatar for dave_adams Avatar for irasdad Avatar for sickneffintired Avatar for tecmage Avatar for cletus Avatar for menocchio Avatar for caltg Avatar for asturcot Avatar for cologirl Avatar for cinfl

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: