Roy Moore’s Racist ‘Reds and Yellows’ Remark Overshadowed His Insane Claim US Hasn’t Been Great Since Slavery. Until Now.

‘Our Families Were Strong, Our Country Had a Direction’ Under Slavery, Moore Said

The Internet exploded Thursday night after a former Homeland Security attorney posted a tweet alerting America to a comment Roy Moore made, in which he said the last time America was great was during slavery. Moore made the insane remark during the same September speech in which he referred to Native Americans and Asians as “reds and yellows,“ – which he defended by falsely claiming it came from the Bible. That racist remark took the media’s focus.

Until now.

This tweet alerted social media users to Moore’s outrageous remarks:

Here’s how the LA Times, back in September, reported the story:

At Moore’s Florence rally, the former judge outlined all the wrongs he sees in Washington and “spiritual wickedness in high places.” He warned of “the awful calamity of abortion and sodomy and perverse behavior and murders and shootings and road rage” as “a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins.”

In response to a question from one of the only African Americans in the audience — who asked when Moore thought America was last “great” — Moore acknowledged the nation’s history of racial divisions, but said: “I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another…. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.”

At the same event, Moore referred to Native Americans and Asian Americans as “reds and yellows,” and earlier this year he suggested the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were divine punishment.

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And here’s how some on Twitter responded: 

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