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Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas backtracks on racism accusations
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:06 pm
Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas, who asserted in a tearful Facebook post that a white man at a Publix grocery store told her to "Go back to where you came from!" seems to be less sure that the Friday encounter was exactly how she remembered. After reaffirming to reporters Saturday that a white man had verbally accosted her and her daughter telling them to "go back" to where they came from in a racially charged tirade, Thomas was interrupted by the accused man himself, Eric Sparkes, who had a very different story to tell. Sparkes accused Thomas of faking the story for political purposes, saying he was, in fact, a Cuban American Democrat who was simply irritated that she brought so many groceries to the express checkout lane.
Thomas rebuked Sparkes' version of events, however, in an interview later in the day on Saturday, saying, "I don't know if he said 'go back,' or those types of words ... I don't know if he said 'go back to your country' or 'go back to where you came from,' but he was making those types of references is what I remember." A local journalist further asked her, "So you don't remember exactly what he said?"
Thomas replied, "No, no, definitely not. But I know it was 'go back' because I know I told him to 'go back.'" In Thomas' original video, the black lawmaker tearfully recounted a traumatic incident in which a man began using racially charged insults after accusing her of bringing too many groceries to the express checkout line. Thomas posted the video to her Facebook account on Friday evening.
Thomas' story quickly gained traction in the wake of President Trump's "go back" tweet as the media seemingly believed her version of events, and #IStandWithErica began trending on Twitter. This was her original crocodile tears of how the evil white man was racist ( video).
Thomas rebuked Sparkes' version of events, however, in an interview later in the day on Saturday, saying, "I don't know if he said 'go back,' or those types of words ... I don't know if he said 'go back to your country' or 'go back to where you came from,' but he was making those types of references is what I remember." A local journalist further asked her, "So you don't remember exactly what he said?"
Thomas replied, "No, no, definitely not. But I know it was 'go back' because I know I told him to 'go back.'" In Thomas' original video, the black lawmaker tearfully recounted a traumatic incident in which a man began using racially charged insults after accusing her of bringing too many groceries to the express checkout line. Thomas posted the video to her Facebook account on Friday evening.
Thomas' story quickly gained traction in the wake of President Trump's "go back" tweet as the media seemingly believed her version of events, and #IStandWithErica began trending on Twitter. This was her original crocodile tears of how the evil white man was racist ( video).
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
So, not “Go back to where you came from” but “Go back to the other line.”
Talk about selective hearing by Dems.
Talk about selective hearing by Dems.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
This is where she gets called outLINK jump to the 7:46 . This little man doesn’t back down at all
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:
"So you don't remember exactly what he said?"
Thomas replied, "No, no, definitely not.
quote:
But I know it was 'go back' because I know I told him to 'go back.'"
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.. I don't know if he said 'go back to your country' or 'go back to where you came from,' but he was making those types of references is what I remember.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
She had a presser today where she backtracked her backtracking. Now she wants the police to charge this guy with a crime. Apparently she thinks calling people an a-hole should be a criminal offense.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:09 pm to upgrayedd
Truth is a defense for slander.
Is she an a-hole? Yes. Case dismissed.
Is she an a-hole? Yes. Case dismissed.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:11 pm to BowDownToLSU
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This post was edited on 4/11/23 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:11 pm to BowDownToLSU
The guy is a die hard Democrat and of Cuban ancestry.
Maybe he will question his political beliefs now
Maybe he will question his political beliefs now
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:11 pm to upgrayedd
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Apparently she thinks calling people an a-hole should be a criminal offense.
Well to be fair he actually called her a “lazy little bitch”
Which can’t be true.
Because that lady is HUGE
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:13 pm to BowDownToLSU
Express checkout lines are literal segregation. It's 2018, for crying out loud!
Erica Thomas is no different than the heroes who refused to be intimidated out of the diners in Birmingham.
Erica Thomas is no different than the heroes who refused to be intimidated out of the diners in Birmingham.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:13 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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The guy is a die hard Democrat and of Cuban ancestry.
Man be he will question his political beliefs now
Apparently, the only thing he hates more than people abusing the express lane is Trump
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:14 pm to BowDownToLSU
Dems lying for political gain.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:14 pm to Bluefin
Will her next excuse be that express lanes are racist because black people can’t count?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:15 pm to teke184
I'm just waiting for the white Hispanic moniker to arise again
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:16 pm to BowDownToLSU
He reportedly said to her "Once you go back you never can get back in line."
People hear what they want to hear.
People hear what they want to hear.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:17 pm to BowDownToLSU
This sounds like a case of pregnancy hormones in overdrive. Where is the husband who could calm her down? Is there a husband? If she’s this much off the rails she clearly cannot govern.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:18 pm to BowDownToLSU
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Lauren Pozen WSB
@LaurenPozenWSB
A pregnant state lawmaker says she feared for her life, when a man verbally assaulted her in the express checkout line. On Channel 2 Action News Sunday AM, the heated confrontation Rep. Erica Thomas and the customer. Why he says he was harassed and why she wants him arrested
Feared for her life? Lol
Why add that she is pregnant?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:19 pm to Deactived
Because people would otherwise assume she was just a fat bitch instead of a fat pregnant bitch?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:20 pm to Deactived
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Feared for her life? Lol
Why add that she is pregnant?
We all know why
Pregnant black women should get to do whatever they want without fear of being called out for being an a-hole
Posted on 7/22/19 at 2:21 pm to Deactived
she wants him aressted. And we womder why people make fun of the south. I would rather put up with the gay shite and homeless problems in the PNW.
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