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A Republican Nevada state assemblyman said that he would vote for
legislation in favor of slavery if his constituents wanted him to.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Jim Wheeler of Gardnerville, NV was
speaking to the Storey County Republican Party when he made the remarks
last August, although they are only now coming to light.
“If that’s what they wanted, I’d have to hold my nose, I’d have to
bite my tongue and they’d probably have to hold a gun to my head, but
yeah, if that’s what the citizens of the, if that’s what the
constituency wants that elected me, that’s what they elected me for,” he
said. “That’s what a republic is about.”
Now, Wheeler said to the Sun, “liberal operatives” are spreading the video in an effort to smear him.
The
assemblyman was referring to a blog post by a conservative commentator
named Chuck Muth, who asked during Wheeler’s candidacy, “(W)hat if those
citizens decided they want to, say, bring back slavery? Hey, if that’s
what the citizens want, right Jim?”
Wheeler told the audience of Republicans, “yeah I would.”
The remarks have kicked off a firestorm with Republicans and
Democrats alike rushing to denounce Wheeler, who rode the 2010 wave of
tea party fervor into his spot on the state assembly.
The Associated Press quoted
a statement by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval that said, in part,
“Assemblyman Wheeler’s comments are deeply offensive and have no place
in our society. He should retract his remarks and apologize.”........................
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