With the Presidential election campaign gearing up, prepare yourself for the onslaught of differing political campaigns across the nation as well. It’s going to be a long election season.
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn (D), has found herself the target of an new viral ad that has Democrats across the board crying foul. Spearheaded by a new conservative group called “Turn Right USA,” the ad features a multitude of inflammatory depictions, including two African American men portraying “gangstas,” a blonde Caucasian woman (Councilwoman Hahn is a blonde as well) dancing upon a stripper pole, and uses the lyrics ”Give me your cash, bitch, so we can shoot up the street. Give me your cash, bitch, so we can buy some more heat.”
Hahn has received criticism from some, for employing former gang members to participate in gang intervention programs within the Los Angeles community. An area notorious for its difficulties with gang violence.
While the ad is a blatant example of both racism and sexism, those responsible are already scurrying behind the shield of free speech.
While some on the right have accused Hahn of “paying gang members off” I can’t help but wonder what we should call those who “pay lobbyists, oil companies, and Wall Street off.”
Oh yea..we call them Congress.
#PureFuckery
