NIT – The Iowa GOP dug itself an embarrassing hole Friday night, prompting an apology from the party chairman.
The humiliation began Friday evening when the Iowa Republican Party allowed a post on its Facebook page that contained a graphic that showed flowchart that they said could be used to determine if a person is a racist or not a racist. Here is the flowchart, via a screen grab taken and published by the Daily Beast:
Later Friday evening, the following post was made to the Iowa GOP’s Facebook page, right after they removed the flowchart:
“Earlier tonight, a contractor of the Iowa GOP made a post referencing a discussion on race that the GOP believes was in bad taste and inappropriate. We apologize to those whom were offended, have removed the post and are ensuring it does not happen again. -Chairman AJ Spiker.”
The Iowa Democratic Party didn’t miss its chance to chime in, saying via social media “Tonight the Iowa GOP continued on with their party’s intolerance. This has no place in politics, period.”
The Des Moines Register reported Friday night a statement from Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan:
“Iowans have had enough of the intolerance, hate and divisiveness shared tonight on the Republican Party of Iowa’s Facebook. This sort of rhetoric – joke or not – has no place in politics, period. What we see here is another failed attempt at the GOP trying to rebrand themselves, and Iowans need to remember that this is the party of Terry Branstad, Chuck Grassley, and those who are trying to win the US Senate seat this fall.”