{"id":473596,"date":"2021-05-05T07:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=473596"},"modified":"2021-05-05T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:35:52","slug":"texas-dem-party-leader-calls-tim-scott-racial-slur-then-resigns-texas-dems-wont-accept-his-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dem-party-leader-calls-tim-scott-racial-slur-then-resigns-texas-dems-wont-accept-his-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dem Party Leader Calls Tim Scott Racial Slur, Then Resigns. Texas Dems Won\u2019t Accept His Resignation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-dem-party-leader-calls-tim-scott-racial-slur-then-resigns-texas-dems-wont-accept-his-resignation%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=473596&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\/Tim-Scott-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, after Gary O\u2019Connor, the chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party in Texas, had offered his resignation in the wake of blowback for calling Senator Tim Scott an \u201coreo\u201d on Facebook, the Lamar County Democratic Party declared it would not accept his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor had written after Scott\u2019s rebuttal to President Biden\u2019s State of the Union speech, \u201cI 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<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/Oreo\">Merriam-Webster<\/a>, the term \u201coreo\u201d is a disparaging word that means \u201ca black person who adopts the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class society.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=oreo\">Urban Dictionary<\/a> explains it as a derogatory term meaning \u201cblack on the outside, white on the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lamar County Democratic Party told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/05\/04\/gary-o-connor-oreo-texas-democrats\/\">The Texas Tribune<\/a> that they had used the \u201clast few days to reflect upon this incident,\u201d adding, \u201cLamar County Democrats recommit ourselves to conduct our private conversations and our public social media discussions with anti-racist, pro-reconciling attitudes and language. We strongly condemn bigotry of any kind and will continue our historic efforts to work for justice and equality for all our fellow citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tribune acknowledged that O\u2019Connor had sent a letter to Scott apologizing for calling him an \u201coreo\u201d; O\u2019Connor had already told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/oconnor-texas-democratic-party-resigns-tim-scott-slur\">Washington Examiner<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of 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. As a result, I feel compelled to offer my resignation as chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party for consideration by the County Executive Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement to the Tribune, O\u2019Connor added, \u201cTo Sen. Tim Scott, the residents of Lamar County, especially our Black residents, and to my family and friends, I profoundly apologize for the racially insensitive remark I made towards Sen. Scott last week. I was wrong and I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After O\u2019Connor\u2019s reported slur, Texas GOP governor Greg Abbott responded on Twitter, \u201cThis is disgusting, hateful, and completely unacceptable. O\u2019Connor must apologize to @SenatorTimScott &#038; step down immediately. @texasdemocrats censure him.\u201d<\/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>Retired Lt. Col. Allen West, the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, issued a blistering video before O\u2019Connor resigned in which West stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>You know, a lot of people on the Democratic Party side continue to talk about how Republicans and people who don\u2019t agree with them are white supremacists or racists. The fact that we want election laws, that makes us \u201cJim Crow.\u201d Well, the Democrats were the ones who started Jim Crow. But just recently, a former colleague of mine, Senator Tim Scott, well, some Texas Democrat county chairman from Lamar County, Gary O\u2019Connor, referred to Senator Tim Scott as an \u201coreo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Holding up an unopened package of Oreos, West continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><em>So I think I will just walk over to the Texas Democrat party or mail it to them, a nice little package of Oreos, because until this guy resigns, I am going to stand up and speak out against the party of systemic racism, the party of the soft bigotry of low expectations. They want to call people such as myself that don\u2019t believe in them, that don\u2019t want to be on the 21<sup>st<\/sup>(century) economic plantation \u201cOreos.\u201d I want to make sure that we send Oreos to the Texas Democrat party because I am sick and tired of the duplicitous hypocrisy of the true party of racism.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7803468208092\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have a gift \u2014 and a message \u2014 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LamarCountyDemocrats?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LamarCountyDemocrats<\/a> Chair Gary O&#8217;Connor, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasdemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@texasdemocrats<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9q9d3ntRY7\">pic.twitter.com\/9q9d3ntRY7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allen West (@AllenWest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllenWest\/status\/1389597075554308099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, after Gary O\u2019Connor, the chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party in Texas, had offered his resignation in the wake of blowback for calling Senator Tim Scott an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277346,"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\/Tim-Scott-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Texas Dem Party Leader Calls Tim Scott Racial Slur, Then Resigns. 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