#ncga: Colon Campbell does the Rules Chairman a solid
Listen to this bit-of-butt-hurt-holier-than-thou-snowflake-lite sermonizing from state 
Rep. David Lewis, a top ally to Speaker Tim Moore:
[…] “There are forces at work following this election that I do not understand – forces of hate and intolerance. I condemn those forces. I condemn the KKK and Black Panthers and any other group hell bent on dividing us. We must be smart enough to know our words and actions matter.”[…]
Holy cow. Is this a Republican leader, or the dean of the women’s studies department in Chapel Hill? What’s Dollar Bill Dave all butt-hurt about? Here’s more from the N&O’s Colon Campbell, taking a break from trolling among the urinals in your local public restroom:
N.C. Rep. George Cleveland of Jacksonville faced criticism from his Republican colleagues for emailing them a fake newspaper headline that said “Trump forces black family from home” and showed a p
icture of the White House.
Cleveland’s email didn’t include any comments about the image, which he sent to members of the House Republican caucus. […]
Two other legislators rebuked Cleveland for sending the image, The string of emails was obtained by The News & Observer.“I am not sure what point George is trying to make with the email below but it is certainly in poor taste,” House Rules Chairman David Lewis of Dunn wrote. “There are forces at work following this election that I do not understand – forces of hate and intolerance. I condemn those forces. I condemn the KKK and Black Panthers and any other group hell bent on dividing us. We must be smart enough to know our words and actions matter.”
Rep. Bob Steinburg of Edenton responded to Lewis: “Amen David, Amen!! We need NONE of this even in a poor and in my view tasteless attempt at humor. We are better than that.”
Reached by phone Friday evening, Cleveland defended the email and said he did not create the image or headline. “It was a bit of humor that I thought was a good jab at the media, and that was it,” he said. “The media has been very biased in the campaign.”
I saw the cartoon. I shared it on the Haymaker’s Facebook page. (It’s posted here, too.) It’s a mock-up of the NY Times front page, joking about how that paper covered the Trump victory. MORE:
[…] He said Lewis’ reaction waslikely because the legislative leader is “extremely sensitive to what’s going on in the courts.”
Cleveland wanted to know how a reporter had obtained the email. “If you’re going to get involved, it’s going to be definitely blown out of proportion,” he said.
Oh, snap! Look at ol’ George throwin’ shade. MORE:
One legislator who received the email replied with his own attempt at humor aimed at the left.
“We need to set up a ‘safe space’ for our people to go to after ‘micro-aggressions,’” Rep. John Blust of Greensboro wrote. “I see where N.C. State has done this in wake of the election for its students. They are even having grief councilors and granola bars. One can’t help but wonder if such students should be home with their parents.
“We are going to be hit and hit hard in the coming session over many things. Let us strive to develop some thick skin.”[…]
Thank God for John Blust.
Colon neglected to mention that Cleveland filed an ethics complaint against Lewis in December 2015 that seems to have disappeared into the ether. And here Colon “magically” receives an email featuring Lewis trying to make Cleveland look bad. (Is that PAYBACK I smell?)
The GOP legislators network off-duty like this all the time. If you ask me, participating in it all is just asking to get yourself called out and embarrased publicly (by people like me).
Instead of being a useful tool for Lewis, why isn’t Campbell trying to find out the current state of the ethics complaint Cleveland filed against Lewis? (Likely because stuff like that requires work and common sense and thinking and stuff.)
Looks for one solid after another to me. It appears the ethics complaint didnt go anywhere but was remembered. Secondly is it really a smart thing to send out such an email? As a private citizen one gets more flexibility as a leader of the state maybe stupid?
“Secondly is it really a smart thing to send out such an email?”
If he sent it from an @ncleg.net address and/or to an @ncleg.net address, it was an idiotic thing to send out.
If a white person hates Obama for being black then they are also hating themselves for being white because Obama mom was White but everyone wants to forget that fact and make everything about skin color
The problem with Obama is not his skin color but it is his progressive leftist values and how he wanted to fundamentally change America to become them. These values lead to failed nations like Venezuela
no the issue is DNA race and not skin. Albinos are white As snowflakes. Every cell in anyone’s body is marked by race or DNA. Stop the stupid ignorance color of his skin stuff.
How utterly petty and vindictive of David Lewis. Calling the liberal media goons on a colleague.
Naturally, the media focuses on something minor instead of the major issue of Lewis’ ethics or lack of same. They may be offended that the butt of the joke was the media and its bias.
Amen John Steed. Maybe we need Safe Spaces for some of our representatives in Raleigh. Some people have absolutely no sense of humor. The joke is about THE MEDIA folks. Are you going to let THE MEDIA continue to tell you what’s acceptable and not? Ridiculous.
And why no interest in tracking down who’s behind the leak to the press?