{"id":471751,"date":"2021-05-04T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=471751"},"modified":"2021-05-04T17:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:50:51","slug":"sincerely-sorry-texas-democratic-party-leader-resigns-after-calling-sen-tim-scott-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sincerely-sorry-texas-democratic-party-leader-resigns-after-calling-sen-tim-scott-racial-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sincerely Sorry\u2019: Texas Democratic Party Leader Resigns After Calling Sen. Tim Scott Racial Slur"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fsincerely-sorry-texas-democratic-party-leader-resigns-after-calling-sen-tim-scott-racial-slur%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=471751&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\/GettyImages-1220622513.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Democratic Party official in Texas who stoked outrage by calling Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) \u201can oreo\u201d resigned Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of [a] racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page. It was insensitive, and I have embarrassed myself and my party by its use,\u201d Lamar County Democratic Party Chairman Gary O\u2019Connor told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/oconnor-texas-democratic-party-resigns-tim-scott-slur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, I feel compelled to offer my resignation as chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party for consideration by the County Executive Committee,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Following Scott\u2019s rebuttal to President Joe Biden\u2019s address to Congress, O\u2019Connor offended many when he described the African American Republican as \u201can oreo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI had hoped that Scott might show some common sense, but it seems clear he is little more than an oreo with no real principles,\u201d O\u2019Connor wrote before later deleting it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Urban Dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=oreo\">Urban Dictionary<\/a>, \u201coreo\u201d is 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.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott excoriated O\u2019Connor for the remark, tweeting, \u201cThis is disgusting, hateful, and completely unacceptable. O\u2019Connor must apologize to @SenatorTimScott &#038; step down immediately.\u201d Abbott also urged the Texas Democratic Party to \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>Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) also described the comment as \u201cabhorrent, insulting, and unforgivable,\u201d adding, \u201cBoth he and the entire Lamar County Democratic Party should be ashamed of this racist behavior.\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>During his speech responding to Biden last week, Scott said,\u00a0\u201cHis speech was full of good words. But President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership. He promised to unite a nation. To lower the temperature. To govern for all Americans, no matter how we voted. That 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>Scott also defended the U.S. against the president\u2019s claim that the country 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>\u201cI get called \u2018Uncle Tom\u2019 and the N-word \u2014 by \u2018progressives.\u2019 By liberals,\u201d Scott also said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncle Tim\u201d began trending on Twitter nationally, with comedian and television personality Scott Nevins writing in a since-deleted tweet, \u201cSen @TimScottSC is uncle Tom\u2019ing it for his life. So sad. South Carolina should be so ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uncle-tim-trends-on-twitter-after-tim-scotts-rebuttal-to-bidens-sotu-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Uncle Tim\u2019 Trends On Twitter After Tim Scott\u2019s Rebuttal To Biden\u2019s SOTU Address<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>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<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>\u00a0member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party official in Texas who stoked outrage by calling Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) \u201can oreo\u201d resigned Tuesday.\u201cI am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277324,"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\/GettyImages-1220622513.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Sincerely Sorry\u2019: Texas Democratic Party Leader Resigns After Calling Sen. 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