A Mississippi lawmaker says racist comments recently attributed to him were taken out of context and supposed to be off the record.
State Rep. Gene Alday, a Republican, told The Clarion-Ledger he was against increased funding for education, in particular funding to improve literacy. During his explanation, Alday said he comes “from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call ‘welfare crazy checks.’ They don’t work.”
Alday also told the newspaper about a time he visited an emergency room.
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“I condemn the comments recently made by Rep. Gene Alday,” House Speaker Philip Gunn told AP. “They do not reflect the views of the Republican Party, nor of the leadership of the House of Representatives.”
(h/t Raw Story)
