Rhode Island GOP assemblyman quits party following embarrassment of Wilson’s ‘you lie’ screed.
Ivan Marte, the ex-chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly, has announced that he’s quitting the Republican Party because he was embarrassed by Rep. Joe Wilson’s “you lie” outburst at President Obama:
“I do not want to continue being a member of a party in which the members of the party express themselves in that way,” said Marte, 59, of Cranston. In a phone interview, he called Wilson’s behavior “shameful” and “uncivilized.”
But Marte said Wilson’s outburst was the last straw in a series of disappointments that led him to break with his party.
In a letter to GOP chairman Giovanni Cicione, Marte wrote, “I do hope that my resignation served as a sign, that the Republican Party in this Nation need to reevaluate their position” on reaching out to minority groups.
Now, if only a few black conservative had ethics…
Or cajones.
Filed under: The Post-Racial Life Tagged: | Hispanic, Minority, Republican, republican racism, Resign
Human nature being what it is, there will be no introspection, just reaffirmation that Marte “wasn’t really one of us.”
Saw one of the most asinine performances the other day of a conservative attacking a conservative. I think the Republican Party is coming apart at the seams as the whack jobs have taken over.
Kudos to David Keen for putting up with a whole Mack Truck load of asinine, rude, bullshit from this azzhole -
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