This story seems a bit surreal. But then, we’re talking about a Republican candidate, and the GOP Party isn’t scoring well this election season.
A GOP candidate running for the NY state Senate has just jumped into it deep after telling reporters at NBC New York that he was going to be giving out “Koolaid, KFC and watermelons” to wow the primarily black community at a campaign event.
Jon Girodes, the Republican candidate for New York’s 30th District in the November election, used the racially stereotypical food reference in an email to the I-Team during an exchange about a disputed real estate deal.
Girodes is making his second (and/or last) run for the 30th District Senate seat. Ironically, he headlined his campaign website with an image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., yet doubles down on his blatantly racist slur.
“What I think is anyone who gives free food to people is doing them a favor,” Girodes told the I-Team. “Get a bunch of people who say it’s offensive and let me go into their neighborhood and give it out for free and see if they take it.”
Oh. Fucking. My.