Alabama newspaper editor who wanted Klan to “ride again” replaced by black woman
Posted by Robert Leonard / February 24, 2019
It’s almost unbelievable that this would happen in 2019, but I assure that what you’re about to read is true. The editor and publisher of an Alabama newspaper recently published an editorial entitled, “Klan Needs to Ride Again.” He urged the Klan to “raid the gated communities” of Democrats who wanted to raise Alabama taxes. This is not the first such article that Goodloe Sutton has written and published. The Alabama Political Reporter dug into old issues and found that Sutton’s views are way beyond non-PC, they’re downright hateful.
After massive backlash from the article, Sutton is stepping down as publisher and editor, though he still owns the paper. Elecia R. Dexter, a “strategic leader with expertise in human resources, operations and change management,” is now the publisher and editor.
In a phone interview, Sutton did not back down from his editorial. But he also does not plan to fight to stay with the paper. “I’m going to drink beer and sex young women,” Sutton said. “I am not going to do anything with it [the paper]. I’m going to be a dead beat — an out-of-work dead beat.”
Democratic Alabama Senator Doug Jones tweeted:
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