Say What Now? GOP Senate Candidate to African Americans: Stop Begging For 'Government Scraps'

Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel was booed by a crowd during a live taping of “Morning Joe” on Friday after saying that African Americans have spent 100 years “begging for federal government scraps.”

The comment from the GOP candidate came during a segment of the MSNBC show taped at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Panelist Eddie Glaude Jr. asked McDaniel about his stance on the Confederate flag, saying that 38 percent of Mississippi residents are black while asking McDaniel how he would appeal to those voters and convince them "you are not a danger to them."

“I’m going to ask them, after 100 years of relying on big government to save you, where are you today?” McDaniel said. “After 100 years of begging for federal government scraps, where are you today?”

McDaniel was met with loud boos from the audience and quickly sought to clarify his comments.

"I mean the state of Mississippi,” McDaniel said. “I'm talking about the state of Mississippi. We’ve been dead last for 100 years. And what happens is, if we keep dependent on that economic model, we’re always going to stay last.”

“To your question, the candidate I am is the candidate that wants to expand your liberty ... break out of old ways,” he later added.

In a statement to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger after the interview, McDaniel brushed off concerns about the segment. 

"It was an 11-minute segment. And that one sentence is your primary focus?” McDaniel said. “I easily clarified my position — that is, Mississippi being the dead last state of the Union in terms of wealth and economic prosperity, based on outdated economic models."

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There is really nothing I can say besides "wow" but again, I am not surprised. I wonder how come Republicans are so quick to talk about minorities on government assistance as if their own is not on it as well? Not every African American person is on Welfare. You have many successful African American people who are doing well for themselves whether they're a Celebrity or your average hardworking American. 

So please, vote. It's important. When you don't vote when you have the ability to all you're doing is voting for the other person.