Rising Deplorable star wore blackface in college

[RoryN]

What is it with politicians and blackface?

Photos Show New York Congressman in Blackface as Michael Jackson

Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican locked in a tight race for re-election, dressed as the pop star for Halloween as a college student in 2006.

Representative Mike Lawler of New York wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume when he was a college student almost two decades ago, according to photographs recently obtained by The New York Times.

The images, taken around October 2006, show a 20-year-old Mr. Lawler at a campus social gathering dressed as Michael Jackson. He is wearing a black shirt and a red jacket and, in one photo, is striking a signature Jackson dance pose. His face has also been visibly darkened.

Mr. Lawler, a rising Republican standout from the Hudson Valley, has frequently described himself as an ardent Jackson fan. But the photos are the first known instance of Mr. Lawler, who is white, dressing as the Black musician by wearing blackface, a practice that has long been considered racist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/nyregion/lawler-blackface-michael-jackson.html

 

[beckiefalwell]

What is it with politicians and blackface?

Photos Show New York Congressman in Blackface as Michael Jackson

Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican locked in a tight race for re-election, dressed as the pop star for Halloween as a college student in 2006.

Representative Mike Lawler of New York wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume when he was a college student almost two decades ago, according to photographs recently obtained by The New York Times.

The images, taken around October 2006, show a 20-year-old Mr. Lawler at a campus social gathering dressed as Michael Jackson. He is wearing a black shirt and a red jacket and, in one photo, is striking a signature Jackson dance pose. His face has also been visibly darkened.

Mr. Lawler, a rising Republican standout from the Hudson Valley, has frequently described himself as an ardent Jackson fan. But the photos are the first known instance of Mr. Lawler, who is white, dressing as the Black musician by wearing blackface, a practice that has long been considered racist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/nyregion/lawler-blackface-michael-jackson.html

He's also an anti women's rights fan. He's an all around piece of crap.

 

[RoryN]

He's also an anti women's rights fan. He's an all around piece of crap.

Indeed.

 

[butters]

He's also an anti women's rights fan. He's an all around piece of crap.

this phrase covers all those bases:

a rising Republican standout

 

[Bn2f]

Hee-hee!

 

[Bn2f]

Sheez. Here we go again with you whiny liberals crying about race.

You guys scouring the barrel all the way back to 2006 to find dirt on a republican.
Shame on you!

I’m the kind of conservative who is not impressed with black face allegations against white males from their youth and demand that my representatives be more current with their hatred.

Black community leaders incensed over ‘racist mailer’ for Lawler campaign​

https://midhudsonnews.com/2022/10/1...t-mailer-for-lawler-campaign/#google_vignette

Here ya go you libbers. YW.

 

[Treeview]

this phrase covers all those bases:

a rising Republican standout

Or this:

Typical MAGApublican Standout

 

[butters]

Or this:

Typical MAGApublican Standout

duh, but yeah my line in bold comes from the actual article so i claim the win, loozer