Jake Knotts

SC County GOP Calls On Knotts To Resign Over 'Raghead' Comment

Eric Lach | June 11, 2010, 1:55PM

The Lexington County Republican Party has called on state Sen. Jake Knotts (R) to resign over his comments about Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley, according to Politico.

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Topics: 2010 Elections, Jake Knotts, Nikki Haley, SC-GOV, South Carolina

Jake Knotts

Reporter: 'There Wasn't Outrage' After Knotts Called Haley A 'Raghead'

Ben Frumin | June 4, 2010, 5:08PM

Last night, South Carolina State Sen. Jake Knotts (R) called Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley a "f------ raghead," and bizarrely suggested that she's some kind of Sikh Manchurian candidate.

Corey Hutchins, a reporter for Free Times, the alt weekly in Columbia, South Carolina, has a great piece today about his interview with Knotts, which came after the state senator said during an internet radio show last night that Haley is a "raghead."

I spoke to Hutchins this afternoon, and he shared some more details on last night's event.

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Topics: Corey Hutchins, Jake Knotts, Nikki Haley, SC-GOV, South Carolina

Jake Knotts

Report: Knotts Called Haley 'F---ing Raghead,' Attacked Her Religion, Family

Ben Frumin | June 4, 2010, 11:56AM

It sounds like South Carolina State. Sen. Jake Knotts' "raghead" comments last night are even worse than first reported.

Not only did he refer to Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley as a "raghead" during an internet political radio show taped in a bar -- but Knotts called her a "f---ing raghead" afterward, according to a report from the Free-Times.

"She's a f---ing raghead," Knotts reportedly said.

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Jake Knotts

SC GOPer Apologizes For Calling Obama And Haley 'Ragheads': I Was Just Joking

Ben Frumin | June 4, 2010, 10:21AM

South Carolina State Sen. Jake Knotts (R) has apologized for referring to President Obama and Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley as "ragheads," saying that he meant the comment as a joke.

"We've already got a raghead in the White House, we don't need another raghead in the governor's mansion," Knotts said on the internet political talk show Pub Politics, according to co-host Phil Bailey.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Jake Knotts, Nikki Haley, SC-GOV, South Carolina