A GOP lawmaker from Nebraska accused his party of 'white supremacy.' They told him to leave
Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY Published 12:50 p.m. ET Aug. 6, 2019
The Nebraska Republican Party asked a lawmaker to leave the party on Monday after he accused the party of "enabling white supremacy."
State Sen. John McCollister, who has represented part of Omaha since 2014, criticized his party in a series of tweets on Sunday, saying that the GOP had become "complicit to obvious racist and immoral activity inside our party."
Following two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left 31 people dead, McCollister wrote on Twitter, "The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country. As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth."
McCollister continued his rant, taking aim at President Donald Trump.
"We have a Republican president who continually stokes racist fears in his base," McCollister explained. "He calls certain countries “sh*tholes,' tells women of color to 'go back' to where they came from and lies more than he tells the truth."
"When the history books are written," he said. "I refuse to be someone who said nothing."
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