
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.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)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.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)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.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)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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