CPAC Speaker Says Abortion Is ‘Worse Than The Slave Trade Or Jim Crow’ For African Americans

Sailor went on to claim that it’s the Democrats’ position on abortion and guns that have hurt GOP appeal in African American communities.
CPAC Speaker Says Abortion Is ‘Worse Than The Slave Trade Or Jim Crow’ For African Americans
Credit: Gage Skidmore
By Susie Madrak — March 8, 2014

Via Americans Against The Tea Party:

Speaking to a near-empty ballroom during CPAC’s failed “minority outreach” panel, lobbyist Elroy Sailor made the all-to-familiar claim that abortion is more damaging to the African American community than slavery. “Look, abortion has been worse on the African-American community than the slave trade, than Jim Crow ever. … The African-American community, we make up 30 ...

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