“Responding to the backlash from his racist “Daily Show” interview on Wednesday night regarding North Carolina’s controversial voter ID laws, grumpy GOP precinct chair Don Yelton appeared on WWNC’s “The Pete Kaliner Show” Thursday afternoon to address the criticism. But Yelton, who referred to “a bunch of lazy blacks,” in the original interview, was far from apologetic. “No, I don’t take back anything I said,” he told Kaliner. “Would I do it again? Yes, I would.” Though Yelton argued that the show’s editing took his words out of context, Kaliner was quick to note that “I don’t think anything that the show did through their editing made you look any worse than you made yourself look in that interview.” “Well that’s your opinion,” responded Yelton…”.* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University and Common Room), Eboni K. Williams (attorney and radio host), and Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! and TYT Sports) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from PRACHI GUPTA / Salon.com: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/25/disgraced_gop_official_don_yelton_resigned_because_he_was_embarrassed_by_gutless_gop/singleton/
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