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Rove says his super PAC is same as NAACP because it’s for ‘social welfare’
Republican strategist Karl Rove says that Crossroads GPS, which is a part the American Crossroads super PAC that he founded, is a legitimate tax-exempt organization because it promotes “social welfare” like the NAACP. During a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday about the IRS scrutinizing tea party groups, host Chris…
Former NAACP chairman defends IRS targeting of ‘the Taliban wing of American politics’
Former NAACP chairman Julian Bond on Tuesday said the IRS was justified in flagging tea party groups for extra review. “I think it’s entirely legitimate to look at the tea party,” he told MSNBC host Thomas Roberts. “Here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, who are overtly…
Former Steubenville NAACP leader: ‘Alleged victim’ was ‘drunk’ and asking to get raped
The former head of the Steubenville chapter of the NAACP is under fire on Thursday after he reportedly told a conservative publication that a 16-year-old rape survivor was “drunk” and willing to have sex. In an interview with International Business Times, Royal Mayo, who the NAACP lists as the former…
NAACP joins lawsuit against NYC soda ban
One of the nation’s largest civil rights organizations is joining the fight against New York City’s ban on large sugary sodas — but both sides of the debate have been accused of catering to special interests. The NAACP, along with a coalition of Hispanic organizations, is joining a lawsuit aiming…
Allen West, NAACP at odds over super PAC ad
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) wanted to know “where’s the outrage” from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) after an ad was released depicting him hitting white women and black families. It turns out there isn’t any. “Where’s the outrage from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and…
WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks to NAACP convention
After presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney got booed by the NAACP crowd on Wednesday when he said he’d repeal the Affordable Care Act, Vice President Joe Biden makes a stop at the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Thursday. Watch live, broadcast…
Romney Race-Baits after NAACP Speech
Since Mitt Romney certainly isn’t going to pick up many—if any—black voters by making a speech for the NAACP, his choice to go there and make a big media stink about it had to be about something else. There’s a couple of interpretations of his behavior. Jamelle Bouie offered the…
NAACP boos Romney for promising to kill ‘Obamacare’
Attendees at the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) loudly booed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday after he promised to eliminate President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. “I believe that if you understood who I truly am in my…
Hannity guest: ‘NAACP has become a hate group’
A Fox News guest on Tuesday asserted that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had “become a hate group in America.” Fox News host Sean Hannity asked New York Civil Rights Coalition Executive Director Michael Meyers if President Barack Obama even deserved the votes of black…
WATCH LIVE: Romney addresses the NAACP convention in Texas
When former governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) addresses the NAACP convention in Houston, he’s expected to focus on the economy and the consistently high unemployment rate in the African-American community. Watch the feed, courtesy of the NAACP, below:…
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