The Republican National Committee (RNC) led by the intrepid Reince Priebus, got into a bit of trouble with the wording of a tweet last week on the 58th Anniversary of civil rights legend Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, AL. They declared she had "ended racism" on that day, but many on Twitter begged to differ especially because of all the GOP Confederate Flag-waving lately. The tweet set off what NPR called a "snark avalanche."
They tried to take it back in another tweet, but it was too late! :)
Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/uxIj1QmtkU
— RNC (@GOP) December 1, 2013Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism."
— RNC (@GOP) December 1, 2013~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.@GOP haha good one.
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) December 1, 2013@GOP She's a huge supporter of voter ID laws.
— EMey (@emeyerson) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Arnold and Willis were adopted by Mr. Drummond
— A$AP Feminist (@FeministaJones) December 1, 2013I leave twitter for a few hours and racism ended?
Man, the things that Obama will do to distract from Obamacare. #RacismEndedWhen
— natthedem (@natthedem) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Barack Obama gave all the black people free stuff.
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) December 1, 2013Bigots praising Rosa Parks 4 "ending #racism" are same ones who dragged her off bus in '60s. #UniteBlue #tcot #LibCrib
— Eric Shapiro (@EricShapiro3) December 2, 2013#RacismEndedWhen after the 44th president and his wife fist bumped and the CNN anchor asked if it was a terrorist fist bump.
— KSK(africa) (@lawalazu) December 1, 2013----->> RT @lizzwinstead #RacismEndedWhen The Jeffersons "moved on up."
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) December 1, 2013BREAKING: GOP says racism is over. In related news: "We were joking about that Kenyan-Muslim-socialist-dictator-Madrassa-foodstamp thing."
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Michele Bachmann said THIS --> pic.twitter.com/Dr6s1m1TBE
— Eric Wolfson (@ericwolfson) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen @RickSantorum said he didn't want to make Black people's lives better http://t.co/lg7vcKv1mx
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Sammy Davis, Jr. kissed Archie Bunker on television. @FeministaJones
— Dr.JuNa (@DrJ512) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Paula Deen loved Black people so much that she wanted them dressed as slaves for an antebellum themed wedding.
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen the Republican Party finally rebranded itself. pic.twitter.com/yoZjELHzYK
— Grand Old Parody (@GrandOldParody1) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen #TedCruz said "We need 100 more like Jesse Helms in the U.S. Senate." Riiiiight! pic.twitter.com/wmFT31btN7
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen Justice Scalia said it did. Or did it? #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Racist #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/T627CKzDFS
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) December 1, 2013@GOP @robdelaney does the person who wrote this get fired or promoted?
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 1, 2013@adriannerussell I ... can't ... asdjkfhakjsdlfhasdfkjlahwtekjaw4tyq98345takfjhafdkljahdf
— Suzi Steffen (@SuziSteffen) December 1, 2013Just like 1776 RT @TheDailyEdge: #RacismEndedWhen the @GOP unveiled its list of 2013 House Committee Chairmen pic.twitter.com/HoSswal4TB
— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) December 2, 2013#RacismEndedWhen "The Party Of #Lincoln" started flying the Confederate Flag --> pic.twitter.com/Tv1ab1ubC0
— Eric Wolfson (@ericwolfson) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen John Sununu called the first black President of the US 'lazy' on msnbc with Andrea Mitchell not reacting
— Rita A (@ritaag) December 1, 2013#RacismEndedWhen JJ Evans painted a Black Jesus. #goodtimes #dinomite
— TM4Real (@tmtweetz) December 1, 2013The Republican Party is pleased to celebrate the legacy of Rosa Parks, community organizer. (Now that she can't cause any trouble.) #tcot
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) December 1, 2013Lolz, 3.5h later RT @GOP: Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism."
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 1, 2013@GOP Previous 50 years of Republican policy should have worked towards ending racism, instead of perpetuating it.
— timhorsburgh (@timhorsburgh) December 1, 2013@GOP lololol don't trip over your feet by backpedaling too hard
— Donukkah (@TeflonDonatello) December 1, 2013#footinmouth “@GOP: Previous tweet should have read "Today we remember Rosa Parks' bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism."”
— Jalani Morgan (@jalanimorgan) December 1, 2013@GOP if you did ended racism within your own party, you'd honor Rosa Parks more than your half-assed tweets.
— Black Canseco (@BlackCanseco) December 1, 2013
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