Cenk Uygur
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Obama Watermelon Statue 'Not Racist,' Says Owner
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December 29, 2012
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December 29, 2012
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3:51Now Playing"Danny Hafley of Casey County, Ky. said this week that people are reading the mannequin in his front yard depicting President Barack Obama eating a watermelon completely wrong.
"The way I look at it, it's freedom of speech," Hafley told Lex 18 in a recent interview, going on to state that he had included the watermelon not in attempt to play to any racist stereotypes, but because the statue "might get hungry standing out here."*
Danny Hafley of Kentucky made a statue of President Obama eating watermelon, but only because he "might get hungry." Right. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) break down this ridiculous act and its ridiculous explanation.
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