Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Republicans Say the Darndest Things - If Only the Poor Would Just Die

John Johnston 
Republican Candidate for the
Indiana House of Representatives, 10th District

During a Facebook discussion on poverty, he remarked that "no one has the guts to just let them wither and die."

When The Post-Tribune asked him about his comment, he explained that he "was not trying to hurt anybody's feelings" but that poor people lacked "motivation."  His solution:  "It's like training a child, either you enable then or force them out at some point."
Oh, that's okay then. For a minute there I thought Mr. Johnston might have misplaced his empathy gene.

1 comment:

  1. that comment will play loud and true in the republican world. He may win primaries with it, but general elections may prove to be more difficult.

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