Democrat Senator Donnelly Makes Offensive Racial Remarks at Debate

Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) made some devastatingly offensive racial comments during a Senate debate Tuesday, reminding everyone in America that the media calls Republicans racist non-stop, and never holds Democrats accountable.

Twice Donnelly referred to staffers and seemed to say they were highly skilled at their positions in spite of their minority status.

“Our state director is Indian-American, but he does an amazing job,” Donnelly said. “Our director of all constituent services, she’s African-American, but she does an even more incredible job than you could ever imagine.”

The operative word here being ‘but.’

You can watch the awkward debate moment below:

What is that even supposed to mean?

Then the media refers to Donnelly as “conservative!”

Incredibly, the Washington Post refers to Donnelly as a “conservative Democrat,” despite his platforms to the contrary.

President Trump, at a rally in Indiana, blasted Donnelly as an “incredible swamp person,” as he’s been criticized for outsourcing jobs to Mexico, voting against tax cuts, and voting no on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

Because he made a racial gaffe with his comments, the media naturally must portray him as a ‘conservative’ in order to fit their narrative.

Donnelly claims he misspoke

After catching heat for his comments, Donnelly issued a statement saying he simply used the wrong conjunction.

“I misspoke, I meant to say ‘and’ instead of ‘but,'” he claimed. “That would have communicated what I have tried to do my entire life: that I make a habit to seek out and promote people of color for both my campaign and official staff.”

Donald Trump Jr. chimed in by pointing out the media would have slammed anyone with an ‘R’ next to their name had they made these comments, but will give Donnelly a pass.

As Trump notes, Hillary remarked that black people ‘all look alike’ during a recent interview. The media covered for her, and said it was just a joke, of course.

Democrats overall have a growing minority problem

The insensitive comments may or may not have been a simple gaffe, but they underscore a much bigger problem as Democrats head into the midterms.

Minority outreach, or the lack thereof.

In Missouri, for example, in-state operatives are calling Claire McCaskill’s failure to engage with African-American voters a “life-threatening situation.”

The left-wing The Intercept published a report in which Latino voters complain they “are tired of being taken for granted by Democrats.”

The first story highlighted involves DNC Chair Tom Perez, who flew from an immigration rally at the southern border to a lavish Beverly Hills fundraiser on the private jet of a landlord being sued for discriminating against Latino families.

That’s mildly tone deaf.

Meanwhile, Republicans are working hard on their minority outreach, contacting 15.7 million Hispanic voters ahead of the midterms.

Just last week, President Trump hosted a historic event with African-Americans at the White House and designated a national monument in Kentucky to honor African-American soldiers during the Civil War.

The President has also seen historic trends when it comes to garnering support from minorities, with economic policies resulting in historically low unemployment numbers and job opportunities, efforts on prison reform, and his work promoting the growth of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Democrats relying on the minority vote to carry them here in 2018 may be disappointed to learn that it’s the Republican Party that most benefits the lives and well-being of every American in every demographic.

Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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