Republican Niger Innis, an African-American congressional candidate and civil rights advocate, said Thursday the easy thing to do would be to condemn Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy for saying blacks on government assistance might be “better off as slaves.”
Clark County rancher Cliven Bundy has put the Bunker in Bunkerville. As in Archie Bunker.
Rancher Cliven Bundy doubled down Thursday on racist statements he made to the New York Times. Bundy spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon near his ranch in Bunkerville, repeating sentiments that “the Negro community” living in Las Vegas Valley public housing looks like slaves to him.
Both supporters and detractors of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy on Thursday harshly criticized racist remarks he made about “the Negro” as he wondered if African-Americans getting government support might be “better off as slaves.”
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart and Fox News host Sean Hannity are at war over the Range War.
When the first of Cliven Bundy’s cows is removed from federal land 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, conservationists like Terri Robertson will have reason to celebrate. The issue hits home for her. Besides a lifelong connection to the area, Robertson also happens to be Bundy’s cousin.
BundyFest, a Nevada festival organized to mock the Bundy ranch “saga,” may or may not actually happen.
Cliven Bundy’s racist comments in a New York Times interview is making it harder for some politicians to support him in an ongoing dispute with the BLM.
As a friend of mine said a few hours after the New York Times reported the racial opinions of Cliven Bundy: “I used to have some sympathy for Bundy … but now I can’t remember why.”
