Georgia GOP Chairman Justifies Being Caught On Camera For Making Racist Comments About A Black Candidate!

Worthan's comments came two Saturdays ago during a festival on the courthouse grounds. He had no idea the man he was talking to had a cell phone in his shirt pocket recording their conversation. Otherwise, the longtime Republican might have chosen his words a little more carefully."He's being racist," complained Douglas County resident Mark Dodd. "He's not giving black people a fair chance."Chairman apologizes for racist comments, blames politics Dodd supports some of the black Democrats running for office, like sheriff's candidate Tim Pounds and Romona Jackson Jones, a political newcomer who faces chairman Worthan in November. Dodd said he had an earlier conversation with Worthan months ago at a gas station where he claims the chairman made disparaging comments about those black candidates. So Dodd waited for a day where he could have another talk with the Worthan, this time equipped with a way to prove it. "It might be one thing if you said I'm afraid he's going to put people in positions who aren't qualified," I pointed out to Worthan. "You said you'd be afraid he'd put black people in positions that aren't qualified. You see the difference?""Bad mistake," the chairman admitted. "Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Bad mistake saying that because that's not exactly what I meant."
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