Texas GOP Chairman Allen West Trolls Lamar Co. Democrats After Racist 'Oreo' Remark
Rather than satisfying his opponents’ sweet tooth, West was rubbing sugar in an open wound. Earlier this month, controversy erupted over a since-deleted Facebook post made by the chair of the Democratic Party in Lamar County, located around 116 miles northeast of Dallas. In it, Chair Gary O’Connor used the word “Oreo” in reference to Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who is Black. The disparaging term is meant to describe a Black person who has adopted the attitudes and behaviors characteristic of white, middle-class society, according to Dictionary.com. After President Joe Biden delive...