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Mary Landrieu: Obama unpopular in Louisiana because of racism – video

landrieuIt’s generally not a good idea to call people you want voting for you racist, but that’s exactly what Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., did during an interview with Chuck Todd.

“I’ll be very, very honest with you. The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans,” she told NBC News. “It’s been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader.”

She also accused her constituents of being sexist.  According to Landrieu, the South “has not always been a good place for women” because it’s more of a “conservative place”.

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Translation: Her constituents are racist AND sexist.

Video below:

Gov. Bobby Jindal, who happens to be of Indian descent, shredded Landrieu in a statement.

“Implied in her comments is the clear suggestion that President Obama and his policies are unpopular in Louisiana because of his ethnicity. That is a major insult by Senator Landrieu to the people of Louisiana and I flatly reject it,” he said.

According to Real Clear Politics, Landrieu is trailing by 4.5 percent.  Why she isn’t trailing by much more is a real mystery…

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Joe Newby

A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Joe ran for a city council position in Riverside, Calif., in 1991 and managed successful campaigns for the Idaho state legislature. Co-author of "Banned: How Facebook enables militant Islamic jihad," Joe wrote for Examiner.com from 2010 until it closed in 2016 and his work has been published at Newsbusters, Spokane Faith and Values and other sites. He now runs the Conservative Firing Line.

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