Nebraska State Senator John McCollister (R) called out his party for enabling white supremacy and was met with disdain, called a RINO, and told to leave.
We have Republican senators and representatives who look the other way and say nothing for fear that it will negatively affect their elections.
No more.
When the history books are written, I refuse to be someone who said nothing.
— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) August 5, 2019
The time is now for us Republicans to be honest with what is happening inside our party. We are better than this and I implore my Republican colleagues to stand up and do the right thing.
— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) August 5, 2019
We all like to cite Abraham Lincoln’s Republican lineage when it is politically expedient but NOW is the time to ACT like Lincoln and take a stand. pic.twitter.com/Yk32capM4C
— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) August 5, 2019
The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country. As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth.
I of course am not suggesting that all Republicans are white supremacists nor am I saying that the average Republican is even racist.
— Senator McCollister (@SenMcCollister) August 5, 2019
Obviously, he faced backlash for his comments on Twitter:
Every conservative should email a "Dear John" letter to RINO State Sen. John McCollister, asking him to please leave the GOP and join his ideological buddies, the Socialist Democrats. He will feel very much at home there and stop embarrassing his constituents. pic.twitter.com/sWX9qewnJA
— Douglas Kagan (@NebraskaTaxpaye) March 26, 2018
According to the Omaha World Herald, McCollister is a moderate Republican who will break ranks with his party, including the governor.
He voted against “Choose Life” license plates. He introduced bills, unsuccessfully, to expand Medicaid coverage and expand Nebraskans’ eligibility for food stamps. He joined in asking Attorney General Doug Peterson to back off an effort to end the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program.”
