{"id":464065,"date":"2021-05-02T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=464065"},"modified":"2021-05-02T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:20:40","slug":"texas-governor-calls-on-democratic-official-to-resign-for-calling-black-republican-senator-an-oreo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-governor-calls-on-democratic-official-to-resign-for-calling-black-republican-senator-an-oreo\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Governor Calls On Democratic Official To Resign For Calling Black Republican Senator An \u2018Oreo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-governor-calls-on-democratic-official-to-resign-for-calling-black-republican-senator-an-oreo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=464065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday called for the resignation of a Texas Democratic Party official who called Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) an \u201coreo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary O\u2019Connor, chairman of the Lamar County Democratic Party, wrote in a Facebook post that Scott \u2013 the lone black Republican in the Senate who delivered a scathing rebuttal on Wednesday following President Joe Biden\u2019s address to the nation \u2013 is \u201clittle more than an oreo with no real principles.\u201d The post has since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is disgusting, hateful, and completely unacceptable,\u201d the Republican governor wrote on Twitter. \u201cO\u2019Connor must apologize to @SenatorTimScott &#038; step down immediately.\u201d Abbott also said that the Texas Democratic Party should \u201ccensure him\u201d for the racial slur.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2276785714286\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is disgusting, hateful, and completely unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor must apologize to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTimScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorTimScott<\/a> &#038; step down immediately.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasdemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@texasdemocrats<\/a> censure him.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wJLTqaHlLb\">https:\/\/t.co\/wJLTqaHlLb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1388596934756257800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Urban Dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=oreo\">defines<\/a> \u201coreo\u201d as a \u201cTerm for African Americans that the black community is generally offended with for betraying their roots usually for dating caucasian girls, dressing too white, talking too white, etc. The term is branded OREO since they are \u2018Black on the outside, White on the inside.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) also ripped the racist comment as \u201cabhorrent, insulting, and unforgivable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.560553633218\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gary O\u2019Connor\u2019s comment against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTimScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorTimScott<\/a> is abhorrent, insulting, and unforgivable. <\/p>\n<p>Both he and the entire Lamar County Democratic Party should be ashamed of this racist behavior.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonKeene?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HoustonKeene<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GUf19kyzbd\">https:\/\/t.co\/GUf19kyzbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Pat Fallon (@RepPatFallon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatFallon\/status\/1388498589601746952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first-term congressman called on O\u2019Connor to \u201capologize and step down immediately\u201d and asked the Texas Democratic Party and the NAACP \u201cto condemn these words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott on Wednesday slammed Biden as he delivered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tim-scott-shreds-joe-biden-in-rebuttal-speech-biden-is-tearing-us-apart-after-promising-to-unite-nation\">Republican Party\u2019s rebuttal speech<\/a>, saying Biden delivered only \u201cempty platitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe promised to unite a nation. To lower the temperature. To govern for all Americans, no matter how we voted,\u201d Scott said of Biden. \u201cThat was the pitch. You just heard it again. But our nation is starving for more than empty platitudes. We need policies and progress that bring us closer together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight we also heard about a so-called \u2018Family Plan.\u2019 Even more taxing, even more spending, to put Washington even more in the middle of your life \u2014 from the cradle to college. The beauty of the American Dream is that families get to define it for themselves,\u201d Scott said.\u00a0\u201cWe should be expanding opportunities and options for all families \u2014 not throwing money at certain issues because Democrats think they know best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The black lawmaker also blasted Biden for claiming America is racist. \u201cHear me clearly: America is not a racist country. It\u2019s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. And it\u2019s wrong to try to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-must-see-moments-from-sen-tim-scotts-gop-response-to-president-bidens-congressional-address\">5 Must-See Moments From Sen. Tim Scott\u2019s GOP Response To President Biden\u2019s Congressional Address<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cUncle Tim\u201d trended on Twitter after Scott delivered the GOP\u2019s rebuttal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get called \u2018Uncle Tom\u2019 and the N-word \u2014 by \u2018progressives.\u2019 By liberals,\u201d Scott said in his speech, in which he recounted his hardscrabble rise in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately after Scott\u2019s speech, \u201cUncle Tim\u201d began trending on Twitter nationally, with one poster writing, \u201cSen @TimScottSC is uncle Tom\u2019ing it for his life. So sad. South Carolina should be so ashamed,\u201d wrote comedian and television personality Scott Nevins in a now-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uncle-tim-trends-on-twitter-after-tim-scotts-rebuttal-to-bidens-sotu-address\">\u2018Uncle Tim\u2019 Trends On Twitter After Tim Scott\u2019s Rebuttal To Biden\u2019s SOTU Address<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday called for the resignation of a Texas Democratic Party official who called Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) an \u201coreo.\u201dGary O\u2019Connor, chairman of the Lamar &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277164,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Governor Calls On Democratic Official To Resign For Calling Black Republican Senator An \u2018Oreo\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Governor Calls On Democratic Official To Resign For Calling Black Republican Senator An \u2018Oreo\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}