“Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel’s (R) growing list of cultural grievances includes what he says are Hollywood’s too-politically-correct casting decisions.

McDaniel, who is mounting a primary challenge to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), argued in 2006 that Hollywood goes out of its way to cast white men instead of Muslims in villainous roles.

The Senate hopeful made the comments in an episode of the radio program he hosted before running for office, “Right Side Radio.” Mother Jones on Tuesday surfaced the comments from local politics blog Dark Horse Mississippi.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tea_partier_mcdaniel_hollywood_muslims

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