Chairman Armistead says "We don't vote for our elected officials
based on race."
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| Ala. Sen. Vivian Figures - D |
The fuel between Sen. Vivian Figures of Mobile and the
Alabama Republican Party has gotten a little hot between the two. State Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead is calling on
Democratic Sen. Vivian Davis Figures to apologize for remarks made Tuesday in
which she said she believed racism has played a role in the rise to dominance
of the
state GOP.
Sen. Figures spoke to
a crowd at Over the Mountain Democrats at a Homewood Library just outside of Birmingham.
Sen. Figures stated that the election and subsequent re-election of President
Barack Obama triggered a backlash by white Alabamians that allowed the state's
Republican Party to capture overwhelming control of the Alabama Legislature in
2010 in addition to defeating the last Democrat to hold a statewide office that
same year, Lucy Baxley, then president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Sen. Figures continue on with "It seems to me that once
Obama was elected we started hearing the Republicans attack him on almost
everything he tried to do, especially in health care," said Figures.
"We started hearing Republicans in office and Republicans running for office
attacking the federal government, charging the federal government had suddenly
become intrusive in our lives, that it was overreaching into our places of
business and into our homes. And with every charge they made they used Obama's
name."
But here is what the fuel is all about "I think it's racism.
At its core I just do," said Figures. The question I have is whether Sen.
Figures were telling the truth. Well the answer is yes, I agree because
Republicans came out like wild hogs on the loose in 2010, proclaiming their
mission is to take it all back for the people; speaking to their core constituents.
They used every issue on a national level to get what they wanted on a local
level and to this day doing the same thing.
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| AL GOP - Chairman Bill Armistead |
Well Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead
believes the State Senator who is now the minority leader in the Senate owes
them a apology. "Sen. Figures owes Alabama Republicans an apology for her
offensive remarks accusing us of racism," said Armistead on
Wednesday. Chairman Armistead confirmed
what Figures stated to the Over the Mountain Democrats. "Alabama opposes the liberal policies
being put in place by Obama's administration, especially the so-called
Affordable Care Act. ” Armistead is referring to what they call OBAMACARE –
yeah! Only majority of the conservatives and republican constituents opposes
the legislation not the entire state.
On Wednesday Alabama Republican Chairman Bill Armistead
stated in his statement he released "We don't vote for our elected
officials based on race, but based on their policies," said Armistead. Well
Mr. GOP Chairman, the policies that liberals and Democrats represent are the
policies that will help the average citizens, small businesses, education,
healthcare for all, and reject special interest. It’s clear that Republicans
don’t have the interest of the average citizens in mind, they only represent
those that have and not needing and wants those that have not to continue to suffer
and slave. It’s clear that Republican
don’t want to talk about race – period. They try and avoid it at all cost.
