HEADLINES: Lewis Sparks Media Firestorm For Offensive Beliefs
Last week, CNN’s KFile released newly-uncovered audio of Rep. Jason Lewis making offensive, sexist and racist comments from his days as a conservative radio commentator. In the five days since, Lewis has fully melted down, claiming he’s the one under attack, lashing out at everyone but himself, and falsely claiming the press covered these deeply offensive comments in his last campaign.
“Jason Lewis is unhinged and in full meltdown mode,” said DCCC spokesperson Rachel Irwin. “By lashing out and standing by his deeply-offensive words, he’s making it clear he doesn’t represent Minnesota values and is unfit for office. If Jason Lewis won’t answer for his behavior, Minnesotans will hold him accountable this November.”
HEADLINES:
- CNN: GOP congressman said blacks have ‘entitlement mentality’ and view themselves as victims
- Newsweek: Republican congressman claimed there was a ‘racial war’ in America started by blacks on whites
- Axios: Jason Lewis under fire for racist remarks
- Washington Examiner: GOP lawmaker accused black people of having ‘entitlement mentality:’ Report
- Associated Press: Jason Lewis strikes back after more radio comments surface, including racial remarks
- Daily Beast: GOP Rep. Jason Lewis: Black people have ‘entitlement mentality’
- CNN Newsroom segment: GOP Lawmaker Said on Radio Blacks Have “Entitlement Mentality”
- City Pages: Congressman Jason Lewis warned radio listeners of a ‘race war’
- CNN: A GOP congressman once lamented not being able to call women ‘sluts’ anymore
- Star Tribune:S. Rep Jason Lewis made disparaging comments about women on radio show
- CNN: Jason Lewis stands by ‘sluts’ comments: ‘I was paid to be provocative’
- WCCO Radio: Congressman Jason Lewis defends questioning why he can’t call women sluts
- CNN segment: GOP rep. defends prior comments on ‘slut’ women
- Associated Press: With ‘slut’ comments, Rep. Jason Lewis’s radio career flares up again
- CNN New Day segment: Lewis upset not being able to call women ‘sluts’
- New York Times: Minnesota Congressman Under Fire Over 2012 Comments About Women
- Washington Post: ‘You can’t call her a slut?’: GOP congressman complains about political correctness in newly unearthed audio
- Washington Post: Will slut-shaming fly in the #MeToo era? Rep. Jason Lewis provides a test case.
- USA Today: Republican congressman has long history of misogynistic comments, CNN reports
- Time: Audio emerges of Minnesota congressman complaining about not being able to call women ‘sluts’
- com: MN-02: Rep. Jason Lewis faces backlash from radio show commentary
- Newsweek: Who is Jason Lewis? Republican congressman can’t believe men can’t call women ‘sluts’ anymore
- The Hill: GOP rep in 2012: ‘A woman can behave as a slut, but you can’t call her a slut’
- Huffington Post: Republican Congressman didn’t get why women couldn’t be called sluts
- Vox: Republican House member once lamented you can’t call women “sluts” anymore
- Daily Beast: GOP Rep. Jason Lewis complained about not being able to call women ‘sluts’
- City Pages: Congressman Jason Lewis really, really wanted to call Madonna a ‘slut’
- Roll Call: Will newly revealed radio comments hurt Jason Lewis?
- Vice: GOP Congressman in 2012: Remember when you could call women sluts?
- Washington Examiner: Republican lawmaker Jason Lewis in the hot seat after unearthing of old comments on ‘sluts’
- KARE 11 (NBC) segment: Rep. Jason Lewis Comments controversy