The daughter of former President Ronald Reagan published an op-ed in The Washington Post on Thursday condemning her late father’s recently uncovered racist remarks and asking the public to forgive him.
“There is no defense, no rationalization, no suitable explanation for what my father said on that taped phone conversation,” Patti Davis wrote about the newly released recording published Tuesday by The Atlantic.
The National Archives recently released audio of a private phone call from 1971 between Reagan, then the Republican governor of California, and then-President Richard Nixon. Reagan called United Nations delegates from African countries “monkeys” in the recording, reportedly referring to Tanzanian delegates dancing after the U.N. voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China, which Reagan opposed.
“To see those, those monkeys from those African countries,” he told Nixon in the audio. “Damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes.”
Poster Comment:
Was he wrong?
#1: Lod To: Dakmar (#0)
I find no fault with that statement (apologies to Pontius Pilate.
Lod posted on 2019-08-02 02:49:17 Reply Private Reply
#2: NeoconsNailed To: Dakmar (#0)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2019-08-02 04:05:35 Reply Private Reply
#3: TommyTheMadArtist To: Dakmar (#0)
TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2019-08-02 04:14:53 Reply Private Reply
#4: Dakmar To: TommyTheMadArtist (#3)
Dakmar posted on 2019-08-02 12:42:32 Reply Private Reply