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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkla. House leader utters derogatory slur during debate
Tulsa World:OKLAHOMA CITY Debate over whether small businesses can compete with big box chains produced an embarrassing moment for Oklahoma House of Representatives Co-Majority Leader Dennis Johnson, R-Duncan, on Wednesday.
In debating in favor of a bill that would repeal a 70-year-old ban on loss-leader selling, Johnson, a small business owner, said service and not price are the key to success.
He then said some customers try to Jew me down.
Johnson, who with Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, is the third-ranking member of the majority leadership, immediately apologized, adding Jews run good small businesses, too.
In debating in favor of a bill that would repeal a 70-year-old ban on loss-leader selling, Johnson, a small business owner, said service and not price are the key to success.
He then said some customers try to Jew me down.
Johnson, who with Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, is the third-ranking member of the majority leadership, immediately apologized, adding Jews run good small businesses, too.
A slip of the tongue, I'm sure...
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Okla. House leader utters derogatory slur during debate (Original Post)
brooklynite
Apr 2013
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. "Jews run good businesses too" Stop digging, dude.
Of course, in OK this won't hurt him.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)6. Right
He apologizes w/ another slur. They're a traveling side show only they now have homes in red states.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)2. This should go viral.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)3. And yet I bet
they'll keep pondering why Jews don't vote republican.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)4. and the beat goes on...
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)5. The vile underside of "God's Country" is finally being exposed.