David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins), is the Chairman of the Ventura County Democrats. Atkins spent his 4th of July weekend tweeting out racially incendiary, inappropriate, and offensive comments about Republicans and conservatives, including comparing them to Nazis, discussing genitalia size, saying Republicans want black voters to get fire hosed, and writing demeaning comments about conservative women.
Did US fight for #freedom in WWII instead of joining big business Republicans backing the Nazis and fomenting a coup on FDR? #ThankaDemocrat
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 4, 2014
Atkins believes Republicans firehosed blacks.
Do you have the freedom to vote without a poll tax or getting fire hosed because of your skin color? #ThankaDemocrat
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 4, 2014
This comes on the heels of Atkins’ tweets from last week, where he expressed his glee that old, white (Republican) voters are dying with the #TickTock hashtag.
Yesterday, the NRCC asked that Julia Brownley immediately condemn his incendiary and vitriolic comments. As the leader of the Democrat Party of Ventura County, other elected Democrats would (hopefully) expect better.
Cross-posted at Progressives Today.