A sitting council member in
the state of Alabama called a Black
councilwoman a word that I'm
not going to repeat.
It is an anti Black slur,
it is a racist slur and he did
this right before also going on
a pretty awful rant about Muslims.
He's just, anyway,
his name is Tommy Bryant.
Let's watch.
>> Do we have a house here?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Do we?
Would she please stand up?
>> To give you more context this is
from the Huffington Post.
>> In Alabama really?
>> Tommy Bryant used the term when
talking about a council member,
Veronica Freeman, who is Black.
Just before Bryant made the comment
a member of the public questioned
him about his wife using
the same slur on social media.
That sounds
like a lovely household, wow.
>> It sounded like he thought that
was some sort of excuse that he was
just referencing it or something.
>> Right, so people are calling for
his resignation.
But he has defended himself
claiming that he simply used
the term to repeat what he claims
the mayor who is Black said about
the council woman, that's
what his defense is, and- >> But
wait, that's not a defense at all.
>> No, and I didn't get the sense
watching that video that he
was just simply, look I think that
there's a difference between, and
I wouldn't suggest anyone do this,
right?
But there is a difference between
specifically quoting someone's
disgusting racist comment and
then condemning it,
that is not what happened here.
>> Well, yeah and even if,
look some people might think that
even then you shouldn't use it.
>> Right. >> Which is a debate we
can have.
What you seem to be describing
is a very specific thing where,
even if that in the back of his
mind is what he was doing,
it was impossible that's how anyone
in the room would read it.
The guy was standing up as everyone
else was sitting down,
he started to say his little line
that he'd clearly thought about.
He was cut off and
then he started again.
The gods provided an out for him,
but he persevered,
he pushed through so
he could say that.
>> Yeah, and by the way,
I think it's relevant to take
a look at how the woman felt as he
made that statement.
So Veronica Freeman, upon hearing
him use that phrase house N-word,
ran out of the room crying.
And by the way, just moments prior
to him making that statement,
he went on this anti Muslim rant.
Let's take a look at that,
unfortunately.
>> You're talking about embracing
everybody, and everybody here
suggests we all agree to that and
that was great.
I don't think you're really
understand what you were saying,
what you're agreeing to.
For example, Ms.
Beltran says she is a Muslim.
All right,
I am sorry, I apologize for that.
Okay, but now let's say we have
someone here who is a Muslim, all
right, and we embrace the Muslims.
If you know anything
about the Muslim religion,
if you're not Muslim their religion
says they need to kill you.
>> It's nothing about the Muslims.
>> Maybe he was just
quoting Marjorie Greene.
[LAUGH] Everything's a quote,
it's all good.
>> How many mass shootings have we
had that were inspired
by the hateful rhetoric coming from
the right wing in this country?
>> Yep. >> El Paso, Texas.
>> Yeah.
>> Guy walks into a Walmart, opens
fire, kills dozens of people and
has this anti immigrant manifesto
that was inspired by Donald Trump.
But Muslims are the problem, right?
Muslims are the problem.
>> Yeah, Kim Jones is going to
be pissed because he's really
dehumanizing Muslims with his lies
about their faith.
She's going to
do a rant about that.
>> I mean, what he is calling for,
he's just very blunt there.
Is just discrimination against
people he doesn't like he's like,
yeah, we're over here talking
about, everybody deserves to be
treated fairly.
I don't like that, so
I'm going to spew a bunch of lies
about Muslims and then I'm going to
call my colleague an awful, awful,
awful slur.
>> And that was one day.
>> I mean, I don't know what else
to say about, this person should
not be in any position of power.
I know it's a city council
position, but that's still too
powerful for someone who has these
hateful views.
>> Yeah, it's not much, but
it's enough to be a constant
reminder that our country is
filled with racist people.
And that the fact that those two
things just happened does not in
any way guarantee that the people
who voted for
him don't love him more now than
they did when they voted.
>> Yeah, and you know what?
That is a problem.
I mean, that kind of rhetoric
unfortunately does attract
a certain type of voter.
And I mean, I used to be naïve,
I used to think that we lived in
a country where that kind of stuff
was political suicide.
But no, we're in a much darker
place now and
it's just depressing to see it.