With days left before Alabama cast votes in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race between the Republican Roy Moore and his Democrat contender Doug Jones, a tweet containing shocking racial overtones has emerged: Judge Moore believes the last time America was "great" was during slavery.
According to a distressing claim in a Huffington Post report on Friday, Roy Moore believes American families were more united, not less and the country was in good shape during the period when American slavery was legal.
The embattled Alabama Republican in the Senate race reportedly took audience members by surprise several months ago during a campaign rally. Before a crowd in Florence, Alabama, Judge Moore responded to a question from an audience member about …show more content…
"I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong, our country had a direction."
Sources say Moore suggests the institution of slavery was great for all, including the enslaved. According to Britannica, "in the American South, however, where the owners were of northern European stock and the slaves of African stock, the degree of social isolation of and contempt for slaves was extraordinary."
Eric Columbus, a former member of the Obama Administration (Homeland Security and the DOJ) sparked a viral frenzy when he linked to the September report about Roy Moore's comments. His "Can't make this up" tweet went viral and was retweeted over a thousand times.
Celebrities and others on social media erupted over the tweet about Moore's controversial remarks at the Alabama campaign rally, with many suggesting that the country is "moving backward," not forward in terms of race
According to a distressing claim in a Huffington Post report on Friday, Roy Moore believes American families were more united, not less and the country was in good shape during the period when American slavery was legal.
The embattled Alabama Republican in the Senate race reportedly took audience members by surprise several months ago during a campaign rally. Before a crowd in Florence, Alabama, Judge Moore responded to a question from an audience member about …show more content…
"I think it was great at the time when families were united. Even though we had slavery, they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong, our country had a direction."
Sources say Moore suggests the institution of slavery was great for all, including the enslaved. According to Britannica, "in the American South, however, where the owners were of northern European stock and the slaves of African stock, the degree of social isolation of and contempt for slaves was extraordinary."
Eric Columbus, a former member of the Obama Administration (Homeland Security and the DOJ) sparked a viral frenzy when he linked to the September report about Roy Moore's comments. His "Can't make this up" tweet went viral and was retweeted over a thousand times.
Celebrities and others on social media erupted over the tweet about Moore's controversial remarks at the Alabama campaign rally, with many suggesting that the country is "moving backward," not forward in terms of race