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FL 13: GOP Candidate to Replace Katherine Harris Says Blacks Can’t Swim

August 19, 2006August 25, 2006 Jon Ponder

ABOVE: George W. Bush with his friend, Tramm Hudson

Unlucky 13: With Virginia Republican Sen. George Felix Allen still taking blowback over his use of the Tunisian racist term “maccacca” to describe a man of Indian descent, in Florida, Tramm Hudson, a GOP candidate for the 13th District House seat Rep. Katherine Harris is vacating to run for Senate, had this to say about the swimming abilities of African Americans:

“I grew up in Alabama and I understand, uh…I know this from my own experience; blacks are not the greatest swimmers, or may not even know how to swim.”

Mr. Hudson sounds like just the right fit to fill Katherine Harris’s empty pumps.

Forgot to tip the hat to Charlie at the Garnet Donkey for this story.

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Day: August 19, 2006

FL 13: GOP Candidate to Replace Katherine Harris Says Blacks Can’t Swim

ABOVE: George W. Bush with his friend, Tramm Hudson

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.