For Immediate Release
February 7, 2017
SCDP CHAIR STATEMENT ON REP. SEAN DUFFY’S DISGRACEFUL COMMENTS
Columbia, SC – South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement on Representative Sean Duffy’s remark that “good things came from” the murder of 9 parishioners of Emanuel AME Church in June 2015:
“Congressman Duffy’s shameful minimization of this horrific tragedy is a cruel insult to the families of the victims and the survivors of the act of terror that was perpetrated at Emanuel AME Church. And it can’t be written off as an unfortunate misstatement. Rather, it is a manifestation of the dangerous Republican mentality that some types of terrorism are worse than others. This is the misguided view that leads to discriminatory and counterproductive overreactions to some acts of terrorism, while others are downplayed as unfortunate occurrences that couldn’t have been prevented, despite the perpetrators’ adherence to a similarly extreme and dangerous ideology.
“Terrorism is terrorism. Nothing about it is good. And nothing about it warrants abandoning the principles that have long made America great. Duffy’s comments bring shame on the House of Representatives and should be condemned in a bipartisan manner.”
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