Kimberley Paige Barnette, Mayoral candidate in Charlotte, North Carolina listed her whiteness in her bio as she runs for office.
Pointing out the obvious, well in this time of Making America Great Again, this might actually work.
Her Facebook bio reads,
“Vote for me!”
“REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL.”
Reports from WBTV indicates that Barnette is trailing two Republican candidates who are white, as well.
The post is now gone as Barnette has deactivated her account, what did you expect after those comments…
Chairperson of the North Carolina Republican Party Robin Hayes quoted Dr. Martin Luther King,
“The Charlotte mayoral contest will be decided based on who can best promote public safety, provide economic development and improve critical infrastructure needs.”
Continued,
“This contest will not be decided based on the skin color [of] the candidates. Any suggestion that a candidate is more or less qualified for political office based on their skin color alone is offensive to North Carolina Republicans, and we condemn it. This type of suggestion has no place in our public discourse. With violent confrontations in the streets under Mayor Roberts, we have seen the dangers to public safety when a Charlotte mayor fails the leadership test of bringing all people together. We believe that bringing people together starts with the Republican belief that government should deliver critical government services in a colorblind way, and in a society that judges all people by the content of their character, rather than the color of their skin.”
This isn’t the first time offense for Barnette. Last year she criticized protestors in regards to the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott as,
“an expression of Democratic behavior”
She also wants to limit lower-income people coming into Charlotte.
These are the kind of people that are all about Making America Great Again and it’s a shame.