Lindsey Graham cites blacks as disadvantage for his state
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow caught Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday seemingly arguing that his state’s 31 percent African-American population puts him at a disadvantage — and that it’s a good reason not to support healthcare reform.
What?
Maddow explains. Sen. “Lindsey Graham is a Republican which means in 2009 that he does not support health reform,” she says. “While arguing against the bill that is almost certain to pass the senate this thursday at 8:00 a.m., Sen. Graham made an argument that i think was supposed to be about health reform. But it was one that quickly became more about him than it was about any policy issue whatsoever.
Maddow cuts to Graham:
“Throughout the nation there are going to be thousands more people enrolled in medicaid and every state except one is going to have to come up with matching money,” Graham remarks. “I have 12 percent unemployment in South Carolina. My state’s on its knees. I have 31% African-American population in South Carolina.”
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Would someone ask Steele and the Black republicans on the talk shows to explain this one?
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