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> Or was it when he said that a Black president would bring "1000 years of darkness"?

I looked this one up. It's true. He's been going out of his way to be a political firebrand and claiming milquetoast Democrats are Satan for decades. It wasn't some offhand comment when cornered on stage. He's pushed white christian nationalism hard for quite some time.

Sad, because it was so unnecessary, divisive, and crazy--a black mark on his legacy.

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But it's not true the way GP phrased it. Norris did not say if a black man was elected then there would be 1000 years of darkness, he said it about a specific man who happens to be black. It's silly, but unless you're claiming that black politicians get special exemptions, his race is immaterial to this quote.

If you look at the wider context, it's harder to deny the racism.

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