{"id":7408,"date":"2019-02-07T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nebraskadem.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7408"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:34:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:34:29","slug":"ndps-kleeb-demands-that-nebraska-republicans-return-contributions-from-racist-joe-ricketts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/su\/press-releases\/ndps-kleeb-demands-that-nebraska-republicans-return-contributions-from-racist-joe-ricketts\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP\u2019s Kleeb Demands that Nebraska Republicans Return Contributions from Racist Joe Ricketts"},"content":{"rendered":"

NDP Chair Jane Kleeb today demanded that the Nebraska Republican Party and its GOP candidates and officeholders return all contributions received from TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who was called out this week for a series of racist and anti-Muslim emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJoe Ricketts makes huge donations to the Nebraska GOP and has given thousands of dollars to U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, Reps. Don Bacon, Adrian Smith and many other Republicans over the years,\u201d Kleeb said. \u201cThe Nebraska GOP should return all of Joe Ricketts\u2019 racist money and encourage its candidates and current officeholders to do the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ricketts, the billionaire father of Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, was forced to publicly apologize after <\/span>The New York Times<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0jeung toko m\u00e9dia s\u00e9j\u00e9n wrote ngeunaan surelek anjeunna dikirim nu museurkeun a sieun Muslim jeung ngandung t\u00e9ori konspirasi ngeunaan urut Pr\u00e9sid\u00e9n Barack Obama, diantara hal s\u00e9j\u00e9n.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGov. Ricketts, who also has taken contributions from his father, has tried to distance himself from his father\u2019s comments, saying he pointed out in the email exchanges that some of the statements were not true,\u201d Kleeb said. \u201cHowever, the Republicans cannot say on the one hand they think the comments are awful while continuing to take Joe Ricketts\u2019 money to fund their campaigns with the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>Dina hiji email, Ricketts nyerat y\u00e9n "Kristen sareng Yahudi tiasa saling hormat pikeun nyiptakeun masarakat sipil," tapi "Islam henteu tiasa ngalakukeun \u00e9ta." Anjeunna teras nyerat y\u00e9n, "urang moal tiasa ngantepkeun Islam janten bagian ageung tina masarakat urang," sareng y\u00e9n "Muslim sacara alami musuh (urang) kuring."<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica was founded on the principle of freedom of religion, as afforded in the Constitution,\u201d Kleeb said. \u201cApparently, Joe Ricketts doesn’t believe what our founders did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Anjeunna og\u00e9 rutin nunjukkeun y\u00e9n anjeunna amused ku guyonan rasialis dikirimkeun ka anjeunna ku batur, deeming salah mana punchline mangrupa slur ras janten "seuri h\u00e9bat," nurutkeun kana.\u00a0<\/span>Washington Post<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On a related note, the <\/span>Omaha World-Herald<\/a><\/strong> reported Wednesday that Creighton University announced that it will no longer include Joe Ricketts in a university event honoring accomplished alumni, citing the email scandal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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