# Congressman Jones appears on white supremacist radio show **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353 "2012-09-21T03:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ms.DeeDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ms.DeeDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.DeeDee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/1 "2012-09-21T03:39:59Z")
Congressman Jones appeared on a white nationalist radio program, whose hosts advocate racial separation and espouse views which could be seen by many to be offensive. He is my representative unfortunately :mad: Here’s an article about the program: [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/)… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/2 "2012-09-21T04:24:53Z")
I was thinking: they show up on Alex Jones’ show all the time, so now for some tit for tat. Didn’t know he was a Representative though. BTW, your link got truncated and isn’t persistent. I think this is what you had?: > **[GOP Rep. Appears on White Nationalist Radio Show](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/gop-congressman-appears-white-nationalist-radio-show/)** > > James Edwards, host of "The Political Cesspool," praises David Duke and advocates for a higher white birthrate. I’m sure he will say he wasn’t aware of the nature of the program. Who knows if that’s possible. Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/3 "2012-09-21T05:35:39Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I’m sure he will say he wasn’t aware of the nature of the program. Who knows if that’s possible. Maybe? Googling the name of the show, the first link is to the mission statement of the show itself that describes it as “pro-White”. The second is to a wikipedia page that quotes various organizations saying the show is “promoting of anti-semitic, white nationalist and white supremacist views.” The next several links are from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the ADL, etc. So if he did any research at all into what the show was about, it would’nt have taken more then a minute to find out what they were about. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/4 "2012-09-21T06:01:12Z")
It’s probably more important what he said on the show. No one would object if a Black Panther member was on it, that’d be one hell of a show. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/5 "2012-09-21T06:19:35Z")
This happened a little while ago, it made it into the stupid Republican idea thread. Usually when this type of thing happens reputable organizations step up and distance themselves from the politician, not wanting to have racist elements associated with their group. I’ve yet to see the RNC comment. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/6 "2012-09-21T06:28:46Z")
Haha, so he’s the goober that coined the term “freedom fries” as some extremely lame jab at the French for not going along with the war in Iraq. And now he’s supposedly fiercely anti-war. For shame, North Carolina, for shame. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/7 "2012-09-21T06:34:51Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Haha, so he’s the goober that coined the term “freedom fries” as some extremely lame jab at the French for not going along with the war in Iraq. And now he’s supposedly fiercely anti-war. > > For shame, North Carolina, for shame. Especially since ‘french’ doesn’t mean the country, it’s a way of cutting vegetables. If Turkey decides not to help us with Syria I can’t wait for him to start calling them Freedom Birds. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.DeeDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Ms.DeeDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.DeeDee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/8 "2012-09-21T13:53:15Z")
yes he’s the freedom fry guy…so disappointing. The shows mission statement states it’s “pro-white.” It’s on their website so it wouldn’t take a genius to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/9 "2012-09-21T14:24:18Z")
> [@Ms.DeeDee](#): > > yes he’s the freedom fry guy…so disappointing. The shows mission statement states it’s “pro-white.” It’s on their website so it wouldn’t take a genius to figure it out. And yet they’ll keep reelecting the nutter. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-jones-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/635353/10 "2012-09-21T18:16:00Z")
Nutter? If Brazil doesn’t go to war with us next time, Jones can help us call them “freedom nuts.” But I’m guessing he, or especially the crew and viewers of _Political Cesspool_, do not call them anything as polite as “Brazil nuts.”