(Community Matters) Update: The Washington Post has withdrawn this story, noting that it was factually incorrect, that Romney was not using the phrase cited. Please see Editor’s note further below
Look, I know Mitt Romney is not a member of the KKK. Still . . . there’s something horribly disturbing when a supposedly mainstream candidate reaches so far over that he (even if unintentionally) crosses the line into a space inhabited by white supremacists and 1850’s anti-Catholics/ anti-immigrants.
When the white supremacist group used “Keep America American,” it was to rally people against blacks American, gay people, Catholics and Jews. When Romney’s used it, as he did in this Los Angeles Times piece, it was to promise that as president he would “keep America American with the principles that made us the greatest nation on Earth.”
Ok, most Americans agree he’s a flip flopper, but seriously, is a religious minority member using code language to appeal to nationalists and other extremists?
Editors’ note: This posting contains multiple, serious factual errors that undermine its premise. Mitt Romney is not using “Keep America American,” which was once a KKK slogan, as a catchphrase in stump speeches, as the posting and headline stated. In a YouTube video that the posting said showed Romney using the phrase, Romney actually used a different phrase, “Keep America America.” Further, the video that the blog posting labelled “Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign Ad” is not actually a Romney campaign ad. The video itself states “Mitt Romney does not actually support this ad.” The posting cited accounts of Romney saying “keep America American” at an appearance last week. Independent video from the event shows him saying “Keep America America.” The Post should have contacted the Romney campaign for comment before publication. Finally, we apologize that the posting began by saying “[s]omeone didn’t do his research” when, in fact, we had not done ours.
Someone didn’t do his research.
thanks Karen Sonleitner for the update
what is it about that Brokeback Mountain jacket? Did the GOP Presidential candidates get a bulk deal?
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Eugene — please re-click on the hat tip link. WaPo has updated the post in a substancial way.
Editors’ note: This posting contains multiple, serious factual errors that undermine its premise. Mitt Romney is not using “Keep America American,” which was once a KKK slogan, as a catchphrase in stump speeches, as the posting and headline stated. In a YouTube video that the posting said showed Romney using the phrase, Romney actually used a different phrase, “Keep America America.” Further, the video that the blog posting labelled “Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign Ad” is not actually a Romney campaign ad. The video itself states “Mitt Romney does not actually support this ad.” The posting cited accounts of Romney saying “keep America American” at an appearance last week. Independent video from the event shows him saying “Keep America America.” The Post should have contacted the Romney campaign for comment before publication. Finally, we apologize that the posting began by saying “[s]omeone didn’t do his research” when, in fact, we had not done ours.