The Republican National Committee is woefully out of touch…
The Huffington Post
On Sunday, the Republican National Committee tweeted out an ill-advised tribute to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, praising the late activist for “her role in ending racism.”
Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/uxIj1QmtkU
— RNC (@GOP) December 1, 2013
The message was widely mocked by Twitter users who pointed out that the end of racism was news to them:
TFC Editor Note: So the RNC’s amended tweet makes everything ok? It basically says the same thing as the original tweet. ”Helping to end racism”…I think not. It STILL exists.
BREAKING: GOP says racism is over. In related news: “We were joking about that Kenyan-Muslim-socialist-dictator-Madrassa-foodstamp thing.”
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) December 1, 2013
Hey guys, remember racism? RT @GOP: Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/M6D8ixRjet
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 1, 2013
.@GOP Why is this upsetting people? Racism IS over; I’ve never suffered from it in my life.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) December 1, 2013
#RacismEndedWhen The Jeffersons “moved on up.”
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 1, 2013
& I thot #RacismEndedWhen Michelle Pfeiffer taught a ragtag bunch of ethnic teens to express themselves thru poetry https://t.co/hBVJUntBm8
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) December 1, 2013
Previous tweet should have read “Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism.”
— RNC (@GOP) December 1, 2013
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