A sad and embarrassing day for Florida. Especially the people of the 3rd District of the US House of Representatives. Our esteemed Representative, Madam Corrine Brown has gone off and let go with her loose cannon of a mouth...again.
Wednesday she, along with other members of the Florida delegation met with State Department officials regarding the crisis in Haiti. Ms. Brown, a democrat with a capital "D" and exclamation point for emphasis, sitting directly across from Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega, tore into him, screaming into her microphone. According to Fox News she accused "Republican leaders of being "racist" in their policies toward the Caribbean nation, which is almost entirely black, and called the president's representatives "a bunch of white men."
But that wasn't enough for the outspoken Ms. Brown. After Mr. Noriega reminded her of his heritage to which Ms. Brown retorted, "You all look alike to me."
Come on Corrine. Had a Republican/Conservative white man made a similar comment you would have been first in line to call for his resignation and call him a racist of the worst kind. Of course had a Democrat/Liberal made such a "slip", you'd given him a pass. Professional courtesy, you know.
But no, this time it was Corrine. Our champion of racial tolerance and equality displaying the ugly evil of racial discrimination.
Ms. Brown has issued an apology, of sorts. It's actually more of an excuse. She says it was a "heated exchange." Reportedly it was more of a one sided diatribe than an exchange. In her "apology" Ms. Brown states, "It wasn't meant to be a racist comment. I was speaking of the delegation that came over from the State Department. They brought no females; no one of color came over in that group."
In her official statement Ms. Brown says, "my comments, as they relate to white men, were aimed at the policies of the Bush administration as they pertain to Haiti, which I do consider to be racist." Really? Seems you responded to Mr. Noriega, a Mexican-American, as you looked around at Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, who are Cuban House Representaives from Florida. The comment was directly aimed at these men, not an ambiguous administration.
Spin it how you may Corrine, you showed your true colors Wednesday. Admit it, you are racist. Worse, a racist with no self-control. The folk of the 3rd District should call you...gone.