Roanoke Mayor gets BLASTED by the world after racist remarks re: refugees.

[dixiegrrrrl]

He invoked President Roosevelt's incarceration of the Japanese, implying it was a good thing!
and compared Syrian refugees to them.

He called for all involved to “suspend and delay” any assistance “until these atrocities end, or at the very least until regarded as under control by U.S. authorities, and normalcy is restored.”

He continued, “I’m reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor,” he said, "and it appears that the threat of harm to America from ISIS now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then.”

http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/council-members-va-democrats-aclu-blast-roanoke-mayor-david-bowers/article_e1e4234e-006f-558f-bc94-dd566796c261.html

then he apologized today , saying he did not realize anyone outside of the Roanoke would have noticed.

Well, everyone noticed, including George Takei, who put up a Facebook post about it.

Watch this, it's a treat:
https://www.facebook.com/FusionNetwork/videos/1033497793356399/

[randys1]

1. As we speak I am dealing with a righty moron who assures me he is not afraid

because he has guns but hates them terrorist refugees.

Of course he is afraid, they all are.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. darlin', send him this

[KamaAina]

2. Could this be his "macaca moment"?

I realize a Dem pickup in Roanoke is a long shot, but stranger things have happened.

[KamaAina]

3. Fun fact: Roanoke was once known as "Big Lick".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia#History

The town first called Big Lick was established in 1852 and chartered in 1874. It was named for a large outcropping of salt which drew the wildlife to the site near the Roanoke River. In 1882 it became the town of Roanoke, and in 1884 it was chartered as the independent city of Roanoke. The name Roanoke is said to have originated from an Algonquian word for shell "money".

[surrealAmerican]

5. That's not an apology ...

... and it seems to imply that he thinks the people of his city are all a bunch of ill-informed racists, just like he is.