Alabama state Rep. Alvin Holmes is making noise again, accusing Republicans who are pushing to ban abortions of choosing abortion for their own children, rather than welcome a black baby into their family…
The latest verbal skirmish began innocuously enough as a debate March 6 over a bill to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The conversation quickly spiraled into a race debate after Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R-Indian Springs, foolishly compared her bill to Brown v. the Board of Education.
But during the debate, Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said that his Republican colleagues would support abortion if their daughters were impregnated by black men.
“Ninety-nine percent of the all of the white people in here are going to raise their hand that they are against abortion,” he said. “On the other hand, 99 percent of the whites who are sitting in here now, if their daughter got pregnant by a black man, they are going to make their daughter have an abortion.”
Holmes is quickly gaining a reputation for firing shots in all directions when provoked. He’s the one who called Clarence Thomas a “prolific Uncle Tom” for having a white wife and for using affirmative action to get ahead, then slamming the door shut behind him.
What do you think about Holmes’ inflammatory statement? Despite how pointy the barbs he sent firing at his Republican colleague, do you think he has a point?
