STEELE CALLS SEN. REID'S SLAVERY REMARK 'IGNORANT': GOP chairman says when Democrats get in trouble, 'they play that race card.'
(December 9, 2009)
*Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele and other Republican lawmakers are demanding an apology from Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for likening health care overhaul opponents to those who resisted putting an end to slavery.
The gentleman from Nevada made the comment on the Senate floor Monday as his colleagues worked on legislation to overhaul the health care system, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. [Watch clip below.]
Steele said on CBS's "The Early Show" Tuesday "it was an ignorant moment for Harry Reid." He said that when Democrats get in trouble, "they play that race card, that slavery card, that civil rights card."
Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, responded to Steele's initial statement Monday by calling his remarks "feigned outrage."
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