Republican Congressman and all-around idiot Curt Clawson tried to brush off his behavior in a House hearing on Thursday by semi-blaming it on his staff for not "fully briefing" him. But he's just the latest example of the GOP's attitude toward people who don't look like them.
Clawson indulgently told State and Commerce Department officials Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar, "I'm familiar with your country; I love your country," and urged them to tell the folks in New Delhi to work with the US economically. "I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from your government in so doing," he said. "Can I have that?"
Biswal and Kumar treated this moron far more graciously than he deserved, which is probably for the best. But what is it with Republicans and people of color? Clearly, Clawson looked at these two faces attached to those names, and assumed they couldn't possibly be from the land of E Pluribus Unum.
We cats have an idea: Let's show Clawson a picture of Bobby Jindal, tell him he's the Prime Minister of India, and see if he agrees.
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