NC GOP official fired after comments made about Voter ID on The Daily Show last night

[NFS4]

As a NC'er, I was facepalming my way through this interview last night about NC's new voting bill. It appears that some GOP'er felt the same way because he is now out of a job.

WRAL story (video in the link):

A Buncombe County Republican precinct chairman has been asked to resign after making "offensive" comments on the Daily Show.

Buncombe GOP chairman Henry Mitchell said Don Yelton officially stepped down from his position today.

In a segment that aired Wednesday night, Yelton blasted "lazy black people that wants the government to give them everything," one of a slew of racially inflammatory comments he made in the interview.

Mitchell called the remarks "offensive, uniformed, and unacceptable of any member within the Republican Party."

"Let me make it very clear, Mr. Yelton's comments do not reflect the belief or feelings of Buncombe republicans, nor do they mirror any core principle that our party is founded upon," Mitchell said in a press release. "This mentality will not be supported or propagated within our party."

According to the release, this isn't the first time Yelton has clashed with local party leadership.

"Yelton was recently reprimanded and removed from his position as a precinct chair in Buncombe County for a period of time in 2012 through 2013 and was then reelected to precinct chair by 2 votes (his wife and himself) at the 2013 convention placing him back on the Buncombe County Executive Committee," said the statement, also noting that Yelton neither sought nor got approval to speak on behalf of the GOP.

The state party leadership also issued a statement calling for Yelton's resignation.

Yelton told the Asheville Citizen-Times Thursday that he stands by his comments.

http://www.wral.com/gop-official-fired-after-daily-show-flap-/13034190/

For those that don't want to watch the whole video:

6. "The law is gonna kick the Democrats in the butt."
5. "Matter of fact, one of my best friends is black."
4. "When I was a young man, you didn't call a black a black, you called him a negro."
3. "I had a picture one time of Obama sittin' on a stump as a witch doctor and I posted that on Facebook. I was making fun of the white half of Obama, not the black half."
2. "If [the law] hurts the whites so be it. If it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that want the government to give them everything, so be it."
1. "Now you have a black person using the term n***** this and n***** that and it's okay for them to do it."

Mandvi, rendered nearly speechless, responds, "You know that we can hear you, right?"

Email from the NCGOP:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Daniel Keylin
(919) 828-6423
Daniel.Keylin@ncgop.org
October 24, 2013

NCGOP Demands Don Yelton's Resignation

Raleigh, NC – Following outrageous and intolerant comments by Buncombe County precinct chair Don Yelton on the Daily Show last night, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Claude Pope called for his immediate resignation:

“The North Carolina Republican Party finds the comments made by Mr. Yelton to be completely inappropriate and highly offensive.

“I have asked for Mr. Yelton’s resignation as the precinct chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party. If Mr. Yelton declines to resign, the NCGOP will immediately initiate the process to remove him from his position.

“I would like to make it very clear that Mr. Yelton does not speak for either the Buncombe County Republican Party or the North Carolina Republican Party. And contrary to reports, Mr. Yelton is not a member of the NCGOP Executive Committee.”

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Copyright © 2013 North Carolina Republican Party, All rights reserved.

North Carolina Republican Party

1506 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605

 

[chucky2]

I bet those 4th gen welfare folks are extremely offended by that guys comments...

 

[NFS4]

The best part though is when Assif said "Of course the law isn't racist, and you're not racist"

And he had to pause and think about it for a second.

"And BTW, one of my best friends **Assif looks to the camera to wait for it** ...........is black"

 

[IronWing]

How is Buncombe pronounced? It matters.

 

[NFS4]

How is Buncombe pronounced? It matters.

I say Bun-cum

 

[Hugo Drax]

He forgot to take off his hood when he went to the show. If he would have kept his mouth shut, and just worked on making it harder for minorities to vote via Voter ID,poll taxes,etc.. he would have been fine.

Remember, what happens in Klan meetings stay in the meetings.

Wear your hood with pride when you are with brothers, but put it away and keep it under wraps when conducting day to day business with the public.

 

[fskimospy]

My favorite part is when Aasif says "you know we can hear you, right?"

 

[NFS4]

He forgot to take off his hood when he went to the show.

Remember, what happens in Klan meetings stay in the meetings.

Wear your hood with pride when you are with brothers, but put it away and keep it under wraps when conducting day to day business with the public.

This interview basically summed up the real reason for the Voter ID, and we all know it. Was just nice to see a GOP official admit it

The law is gonna kick the Democrats in the butt

 

[2timer]

I say Bun-cum

Only the first syllable is stressed and with the Southern drawl at the end, it's pronounced "Bunkum."

 

[Phokus]

Let me make it very clear, Mr. Yelton's comments do not reflect the belief or feelings of Buncombe republicans, nor do they mirror any core principle that our party is founded upon

Now this is a funny comment. I've already pointed to two former Chairmen of the RNC who basically admitted that the modern day GOP was founded on racism. I'm sorry but the Party of Abe Lincoln was the party of Northerners who believed in a strong Federal Government. That party has absolutely nothing to do with the Modern day GOP and it's embrace of the southern white vote.

Of course, most Republicans aren't stupid enough to be racist in public, it's usually in coded terms or in private with one another. However, that's been replaced somewhat by open hostility to homosexuals/people who aren't christians/immigrants, etc.

Now we just need the usual impotent flailing by the ATPN conservatives who will come in here and pretend that the Southern Strategy never happened and it's the southern white 'liberal' dixiecrats who are representative of the modern day democratic party, etc etc.

 

[thraashman]

I saw that interview last night and the entire thing had to be just painful for Republicans to watch as the man admitted into the camera that the voter id laws are in now way intended to stop voter fraud but are intended to stop legal Democrat voters. And then the series of racist commentary that he seemed to be completely oblivious to was just icing on that cake.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

I was in shock watching that last night. He was repeatedly gleeful pointing out how the law would screw democrats and that made it ok. The racial stuff aside that alone was disturbing to see someone so openly admit.

 

[Phokus]

I saw that interview last night and the entire thing had to be just painful for Republicans to watch as the man admitted into the camera that the voter id laws are in now way intended to stop voter fraud but are intended to stop legal Democrat voters. And then the series of racist commentary that he seemed to be completely oblivious to was just icing on that cake.

In a way i have way more respect for this man than most conservatives/republicans. He's at least honest about his intentions. Disenfranchising the black vote has always been one of the top priorities for conservatives to win elections, he's just being honest about it.

Edit: Also, don't be fooled about the GOP being 'shocked' and 'outraged' about these comments, they're pissed that he's admitting to what everyone with at least half a brain knows what the real purpose of voter ID laws are.

 

[Jaskalas]

What the hell is so hard about an ID?

 

[werepossum]

What the hell is so hard about an ID?

ID is racist, dude. Probably sexist, too.

 

[chucky2]

What the hell is so hard about an ID?

Beats me. Provided free and only needed every 4 years, or when one moves out of district, there are about zero reasons for us to not have National ID, given the problems it solves...or, could solve.

Basically those opposed on the left are scared that somehow people won't be able to obtain the free ID and thus won't be able to vote*. Insanity, but, that's their arguement.

*: And there might be some exceedingly small number of legal voters that couldn't, but really, they should already have taken care of that before National ID would roll out anyways, so still it'd be their fault for failing to get their paperwork straightened out.

Racism not found.

Chuck

 

[cyclohexane]

he's just saying what every Republican thinks...

 

[NFS4]

What the hell is so hard about an ID?

Voter ID provision doesn't bother me at all. I welcome it actually. This, however, bothers me:

Student IDs are not an acceptable form of identification. The bill also reduces early voting by a week, eliminates same-day registration, ends pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and a student civics program, kills an annual state-sponsored voter registration drive and lessens the amount of public reporting required for so-called dark money groups, also known as 501(c)(4)s.

 

[chucky2]

I will never understand why there needs to be drives and efforts for voter registration. People know they need to register to vote. If they don't, they're F'ing stupid. What people are, is lazy. If someone is too lazy to register to vote, then really it's too F'ing bad if they can't vote because they didn't bother to register.

It is mind boggling how much stupid and/or lazy people are catered to, and how much they're used as an excuse.

EDIT: About the only people I'd make exception for is the ill and old. So have the hospital and homes send something out. The End.

 

[drebo]

I don't understand why people fight against voter ID.

You need an ID to check out at the grocery stand with a CC, to buy alcohol, to get a job...but to choose the people who run the country, it's suddenly a hardship?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

What the hell is so hard about an ID?

Texas is making it easy for people to acquire ID's.

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2013/092413.shtml

 

[NFS4]

I will never understand why there needs to be drives and efforts for voter registration. People know they need to register to vote. If they don't, they're F'ing stupid. What people are, is lazy. If someone is too lazy to register to vote, then really it's too F'ing bad if they can't vote because they didn't bother to register.

It is mind boggling how much stupid and/or lazy people are catered to, and how much they're used as an excuse.

EDIT: About the only people I'd make exception for is the ill and old. So have the hospital and homes send something out. The End.

So you're OK with providing people with free ID's to vote, but voter drives to encourage people to vote or same day registration for those that have GOTTEN OFF THEIR ASS to come to actually come and vote isn't OK?

This isn't a case of someone sitting in their house expecting to be able to vote while sitting on their couch. These are people that have actually made the effort to get to the polling place

 

[NFS4]

I don't understand why people fight against voter ID.

You need an ID to check out at the grocery stand with a CC, to buy alcohol, to get a job...but to choose the people who run the country, it's suddenly a hardship?

 

[chowderhead]

Texas is making it easy for people to acquire ID's.

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2013/092413.shtml

Texas also now requires that the name matches exactly as it is on the ID. For women who have changed their name by marriage, they will need to get another ID or vote by provisional ballot.

Here is a district judge having to cast a provisional ballot because her maiden name was on her voter registration form but her ID had it as her middle name.
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23761660/voter-id-law-may-cause-problems-for-women-using-maiden-names

If variations in names exist (like above), Texans need to show original documents or certified copies of their name change, via a marriage license, divorce decree or court ordered change. No photocopies are allowed. The state had been charging at least $20 to get a new version of these documents.
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/texas-voter-id-law

This is just another way to hinder people from voting and depress turnout. There is very little evidence of voter fraud and most of it is probably due to absentee voting of people voting in 2 different state.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Texas also now requires that the name matches exactly as it is on the ID. For women who have changed their name by marriage, they will need to get another ID or vote by provisional ballot.

Here is a district judge having to cast a provisional ballot because her maiden name was on her voter registration form but her ID had it as her middle name.
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/23761660/voter-id-law-may-cause-problems-for-women-using-maiden-names

If variations in names exist (like above), Texans need to show original documents or certified copies of their name change, via a marriage license, divorce decree or court ordered change. No photocopies are allowed. The state had been charging at least $20 to get a new version of these documents.
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/texas-voter-id-law

This is just another way to hinder people from voting and depress turnout. There is very little evidence of voter fraud and most of it is probably due to absentee voting of people voting in 2 different state.

How far off are the next congressional and senatorial elections? Over a year? Seems like more than enough time to get a drivers license or ID changed.

http://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/changing-your-name.php

• Change Your Name with the SSA
• TX Driver License/ID Name Change
• Texas Vehicle Title/Registration Name Change
• TX Voter Registration Name Change
• Changing Your Address in Texas

Please note the following.

When you’ve legally changed your name, you must get a new Texas driver’s license or identification card within 30 days.