Colin Powell Rips GOP On Racism
January 15, 2013
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as posted by the channel"This week's Sunday shows continued to focus on the gun control debate, as well as Chuck Hagel's nomination to Defense secretary, with an aside from Colin Powell on racism. Here are the highlights:
Powell criticized Republicans for continuing to invoke racist tropes in attacks on President Obama. "There's also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party," Powell said on "Meet the Press." "What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities."*
Colin Powell called out Republicans for "looking down on minorities," and for using language with racist undertones. Is he trying to help or hurt the Republican Party? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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