Quinn's Black Radio Ad

Capitol Fax ^ | October 31, 2014 | Rich Miller

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Here’s Republican Billionaire Bruce Rauner, telling a story, at a recent conservative Republican fundraiser. “Four African-American TSA Security Guards, big guys, they rushed up to me, they looked like they played for the Bears. I was like, they said “HEY!” I thought Wow, I’m not carrying my gun, what’s going on? They said “HEY you’re running for Governor.” I said, “Yes I am, you scared me, don’t do that.” If that’s the kind of story Bruce Rauner tells behind closed-doors at a Republican fundraiser, what’s it going to be like if he’s in the Governor’s mansion?

Rauner poured money into right-wing groups that are campaigning to impeach President Obama. And Rauner wants to legalize deadly assault weapons and cut the minimum wage.

We need a Governor like Pat Quinn who’s stood up for us – fighting for people’s rights and dignity – with courage and respect.

Gov. Quinn: “Taxpayers for Quinn paid for this message because there’s so much at stake.”

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Pat Quinn plays the race card!

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The tape was selectively edited. The omitted closing line was that the four men indicated that they were going to vote for Rauner (the Republican candidate).

[ladyL]

It literally “hit” me as I was reading this...here is President O’s BROWN SHIRTS! Remember he said at the beginning of his administration he wanted a “private” army?
I said years ago that it would be really scary if he took all the able bodied men off welfare and gave them a job carrying a badge and a gun. Could TSA be that vehicle? Armed and ready to march to O’s orders...his own private Army.

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Viewed in terms of the entire speech, the snippet is a deliberately manufactured distortion produced by Pat Quinn’s operatives. When the speech is viewed in its entirety, it is clear that Rauner is discussing campaigning before numerous ethnic and minority groups generally conceded to the Democrats by Republican candidates. When one watches the entire segment it is fairly clear that Rauner did not malign the four African American men. He actually asked for their votes.

How would one describe meeting various ethnic and minority group meetings without referencing their ethnicities or race? Rauner spoke about meeting separate groups composed of blacks, Greeks, Indians, Koreans and Poles.

Additionally, Quinn played the race card by suggesting that this was a speech before an all right group without mentioning that it was the Northwest Suburban Republicans during a Lincoln Day gathering. Omitting the context makes one imagine that it was a meeting of the Klan or white supremacists.