Gene Aldy, Mississippi Republican: ‘Blacks Don’t Work & Get ‘Crazy Welfare Checks’

Gene Aldy, front and center

*Here we go again. My people, I know its no surprise to you that the number of ignorant white republicans seems to multiply like bees, but oh well. Here’s one more to prove the point. He’s Mississippi lawmaker, Gene Aldy, who (kind of resembles Klansman David Duke) claims racist comments recently attributed to him were taken out of context and supposed to be off the record.

And of course he says, ‘I’m not a racist’.

Why would they need to be ‘off the record’ then?

Anyway.

Aldy told The Clarion-Ledger he was against increased funding for education, especially funding to improve literacy. During his explanation, Alday said he comes “from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call ‘welfare crazy checks.’ They don’t work.”

Alday’s innate feelings about African Americans came to fore once again when he relayed an experience about visiting an emergency room to the newspaper. READ MORE