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Florida lawyers group admits paying for racist flier
The head of a powerful Florida trial lawyer lobbying group apologized for a flier linked to his group that used race-baiting in a recent state Senate election.
“Morally and politically, it was indefensible,” Florida Justice Association Executive Director Scott Carruthers said of the flier aimed at senior citizens that juxtaposed images of Black Panther “black power” advocates from the mid-1960s and 1970s with U.S. President Barack Obama, the Rev. Louis Farrakhan of Nation of Islam and black marchers holding a large ACORN banner…
The flier’s caption read, “Is this the change YOU want to believe in?” and suggested “armed thugs” might try to intimidate seniors at the polls.
“I accept full responsibility for not having done everything to stop that piece from going out,” Carruthers said…
The $69,000 cost of the flier, distributed in Jacksonville, was paid for by a group calling itself Conservative Citizens for Justice.
It was designed by Republican campaign consultant Bill Helmich in the name of the Conservative Voters’ Coalition, created to serve as a front for the trial lawyers association, the Times said.
Republicans are on a hypocrite trip trying to excuse their racism as simply being sleaze.
