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[Syriel]

Not enough PicardFacePalm.gifs out there to cover this one.

When you read the full story, you almost think that this woman is a parody, but then you realize she is dead serious.

Who would possibly think that positions like this are reasonable?

“Vote for me!” Kimberley Paige Barnette, a former county magistrate judge running for office for the first time, wrote on her Facebook profile.

Then, following two lines that included her name and “Mayor of Charlotte 2017” was a description of herself, in four capitalized words: “REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL”

“The Charlotte mayoral contest will be decided based on who can best promote public safety, provide economic development, and improve critical infrastructure needs. This contest will not be decided based on the skin color of the candidates,” North Carolina GOP Chairman Robin Hayes said in a statement. “Any suggestion that a candidate is more or less qualified for political office based on their skin color alone, offensive to North Carolina Republicans and we condemn it. This type of suggestion has no place in our public discourse.”

Barnette spent 18 years as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County, serving from 1987 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2013, and now works as an Amazon warehouse associate, according to the Charlotte Observer. She is not a registered lawyer with the North Carolina State Bar, but the state does not require magistrate judges to be attorneys.

In answering a question about the protests in Charlotte last September, when a police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott, Barnette said protests are “expressive of Democratic behavior.”

“As mayor, what I would like to discourage is assembly,” she said. “Protests are confrontational, they’re chaotic, they scare people. I believe there’s a better way to express yourselves.”

“I do not think that we should encourage more lower-income persons to move to Charlotte,” she said. “We want to attract higher-income persons to Charlotte. … They’re going to have the most money to be able to spend in our economy.”

She suggested that poor people can work; they just don’t want to. With a higher minimum wage, she added, poor people should be able to buy a “standard house” and “meet their needs.”

Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...facebook-it-backfired/?utm_term=.35d1d846d3fc

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

How is a woman politician "traditional?"

 

[Robot Carnival]

Republican and smart...? doesn't compute.

 

[perfectchaos007]

How is a woman politician "traditional?"

Right? They bleed from their....wherever. Conservatives only respond well to male politicians

 

[Muppet of a Man]

She is so smart. S-M-R-T!

 

[G0523]

“Vote for me!” Kimberley Paige Barnette, a former county magistrate judge running for office for the first--and last--time, wrote on her Facebook profile.

Then, following two lines that included her name and “Mayor of Charlotte 2017” was a description of herself, in four capitalized words: “REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL”

Fixed!

 

[Bronx-Man]

Charlotte is liberal as hell so I don't know what the fuck made her think this was a good idea.

 

[Netherscourge]

Not traditional enough for the GoP - she needs to get back in the kitchen and make her husband a sandwich.

 

[Palette Swap]

At least now they're spelling it out, they don't even hide behind "traditional" or "our culture" to say what they mean.

 

[MetalGearZed]

She sounds absolutely disgusting. she better get smacked the fuck down by whoever's running against her

 

[Netherscourge]

The fact she had to point out "Republican & Smart" speaks volumes, which she probably isn't smart enough to understand.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

The fact she had to point out "Republican & Smart" speaks volumes, which she probably isn't smart enough to understand.

.

 

[BlastCore]

It's like when someone is filling out their resume with bullshit to make up for lack of experience, except it's racism

 

[blackflag]

She went from judge to Amazon warehouse employee? LOL

 

[Dishwalla]

How do I know she's smart?

 

[truestatic]

TRADITION!

 

[FStubbs]

She's a judge?

I think this alone should be enough to revisit every case she presided over that involved minorities.

 

[louiedog]

She went from judge to Amazon warehouse employee? LOL

She's probably the one who put a double pack of dental floss in a 12" x 5" x 8" box and shipped it to me.

 

[Ozigizo]

Barnette spent 18 years as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County, serving from 1987 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2013, and now works as an Amazon warehouse associate, according to the Charlotte Observer.

Wat?

 

[Enzom21]

“REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL

You don't need coded language when you come right out and say you're white.
Although, "traditional" probably means anti-LGBT in this context.

 

[BenjiGAF]

I'm almost half of those things, can i run?

 

[Fenderputty]

Anyone else see the irony that WP did a story of a woman who's goal is running and winning based on word of mouth.

This is the best ad she'll get all year.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

"guys, I know I'm a woman, but just remember, I'm still white and that's all that really matters, right?"

 

[Fenderputty]

You don't need coded language when you come right out and say you're white.
Although, "traditional" probably means anti-LGBT in this context.

That's exactly what it means

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Anyone else see the irony that WP did a story of a woman who's goal is running and winning based on word of mouth.

This is the best ad she'll get all year.

We learned nothing from 2016.

 

[Baraka Obama]

Smart enough ruin her name before she even gets to office

 

[xxracerxx]

I am so smart! S.M.R.T!

 

[Skilletor]

Republican...AND smart.

lolol

 

[Kayhan]

Barnette spent 18 years as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County, serving from 1987 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2013, and now works as an Amazon warehouse associate, according to the Charlotte Observer.

She is not a registered lawyer with the North Carolina State Bar, but the state does not require magistrate judges to be attorneys.

wait wat

 

[Angelus Errare]

Barnette spent 18 years as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County, serving from 1987 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2013, and now works as an Amazon warehouse associate, according to the Charlotte Observer.

 

[Angry Grimace]

“I do not think that we should encourage more lower-income persons to move to Charlotte,” she said. “We want to attract higher-income persons to Charlotte. … They’re going to have the most money to be able to spend in our economy.”

She suggested that poor people can work; they just don’t want to. With a higher minimum wage, she added, poor people should be able to buy a “standard house” and “meet their needs.”

 

[louiedog]

Is smart the code for "not one of those intellectuals with education and experience" that dumbasses are using?

 

[Widdle Puppy]

What a piece of shit. That part of the country has zero standards when it comes to public positions. The entire local government there is very corrupt, pure patronage system in NC local/state government.

 

[AstroLad]

let's just throw even more coded and non-coded language in there

REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL, PEPE AVATAR, GAME MANAGER

 

[Angelus Errare]

let's just throw even more coded and non-coded language in there

REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL, PEPE AVATAR, GAME MANAGER

Honestly I'm surprised she didn't put "AMERICAN" in there

 

[Fercho]

These two bit politicians will try to pull a "donald Drumpf", since it worked for the orange cunt they think it will work for them.

Sad part is that they may be right.

 

[AuthenticM]

holy shit. How'd that happen? That's the story I want to know.

 

[caliph95]

Why in 2017 after the whole rally thing add White

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Apple levels of bravery on display.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Hahaha wtf happened there

 

[Earthbound64]

Any suggestion that a candidate is more or less qualified for political office based on their skin color alone, offensive to North Carolina Republicans and we condemn it.

That sentence doesn't make sense.

I'm guessing they meant "alone is offensive"

 

[BobNewbert31]

Stop assembling, assholes! You think it's your right or something?!

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Edit: Beaten

 

[Nipo]

Has anyone called it a false flag yet?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

LMAO

 

[TalonJH]

I don't even know anymore. It's like she typed it and has MS Office Republican Edition switch out words for dog whistles and it missed one.

 

[itwasTuesday]

DDP, go talk to her.

 

[Slayven]

Barnette spent 18 years as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County, serving from 1987 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2013, and now works as an Amazon warehouse associate

That is a hell of a fall, what is the story there???

That is the best NC GOP can muster?

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

Why didn't she put a space after that last comma?

 

[Link]

Yeah, I'm a white guy, and...

Fuck this white bitch.