Albany, NY – In his latest off-the-wall behavior, hothead Sen. Kevin Parker Wednesday morning accused Senate Republicans – and even some Democrats – of being white supremacists.
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Parker updated his Facebook status, saying he was “in Albany fighting the evil of White Supremacy!”
And Parker, who exploded in a fury during a public committee meeting Tuesday, defended his outburst during a radio interview as “par for the course of what we have to do up in Albany fighting the forces of evil.”
Asked by Daily News columnist and WWRL host Errol Louis what the forces of evil were, Parker said, “these long-term white supremacist Republican senators.”
He accused the GOP of not being able to handle losing the Senate majority and now having blacks, Latinos, women and gays running the chamber as part of the Democratic majority.
“They have a real problem with that and because of that they do things that are very very inappropriate,” Parker said.
Republicans immediately hit back, saying the Democrats need to reign in their out-of-control colleague – and threatened to launch a formal censure.
“It’s an outrageous statement and the entire Democratic conference should condemn that type of statement,” said Senate GOP boss Dean Skelos. “It has no place in government. We’ve moved beyond this.”
Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse) initially set Parker off on Tuesday with his formal questioning of Mark O’Luck, the first black nominee to the New York Power Authority.
In discussing an affirmative action program, DeFrancisco told O’Luck someone doesn’t have to be black to walk in someone’s shoes.
Parker called the line of questioning racist, even though three of his Democratic colleagues – Ruben Diaz, committee chairman Carl Kruger, and David Valesky – said they didn’t believe DeFrancisco was out of line.
On Wednesday, Parker said he does not regret his two-minute loud fist-pounding tirade.
“I went to Albany not to make friends, I went to Albany to represent my district and to bring justice to that place,” he said.
He said issues important to minority groups don’t get addressed in the Legislature “because you have a lot of white supremacists who are sitting there, and John DeFrancisco is one of them.”
Skelos said Parker should look “within himself to see how he is embarrassing the institution.” Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Queens) said Parker, who is under felony indictment for assaulting a news photographer, “is self destructing.”
Parker didn’t stop with his attacks on Republicans.
He also charged that some of his Democratic colleagues are white supremacists, though he didn’t name names.
And he lit into Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx), who witnessed Parker’s outburst Tuesday and told the Daily News that his colleague “needs help.”
Parker labeled Diaz, who opposes same-sex marriage, a “homophobe and one of these evangelical people running around.” “He’s not really one to be quoted about somebody’s behavior,” Parker said.
Diaz merely laughed when the comments were relayed to him. “I call things as I take them,” Diaz said. “Kevin Parker has to pull his act together.”
This is a major problem with democracy: we have idiots electing idiots!
and you parker represent my district and to bring justice to that place ??? I do not think so get out of my face
I voted for Parker for Senate against felder but I’m afraid even Simcha would have been better than him
I guess its not enough for them that one of theirs is president. For the most part there is no racism. Its just black people who have low self esteem and a self loathing. They consciously or subconsciously feel inferior for being black because of the actions of others in their race Black people have convinced themselves that white people are racist and there’s no way to convince them otherwise as long as their preachers like sharpton and farrakhan keep filling their minds with hate
It’s possible that he’s right, but it’s certain that Parker is a violent man who has quite a uncontrolable temper. This has been proven again and again. He should resign from the Senate and see serious therapy, and possibly medication.
Anger management classes. You BP & Flatbush people who elected this out of control lunatic…you got what you wanted, I guess.
He needs serious help !! He is out of control!! I voted for Sincha because I wanted him out!! He literally has done nothing for us for years!! He takes a picture in BP once a year, his “Jew” picture, and mails it around Xmas time!! That’s to show what he has done “all year round” NOTHING!!!!!! He must go!!!!
Obama and the Dems are playing the race card with the new ILLEGAL immigration bill. Apparently if you think that an ILLEGAL immigrant is ILLEGALLY in this country and should be deported you are a racist. Now apparently if you disagree with Parker you are an evil white supremecist. These character assassinations and ad hominem attacks are the first sign that a person has lost the arguement and cannot win with logic. It is therefore a desperate attempt to win by villinizing and broadbrushing your opponents with verbal feces…
#3 I don’t want to say but “DU” what in the world where you thinking. If you would have known anything about politics you wouldn’t even think of voting for this out of control mad man.
I’m sick and tired of this senator already. I’m embarrassed to be in his district. Every so often at least once a month he is in the news about assaulting reporters punching police officers and the list goes on. He belongs in a mental institution not in the state senate representing me.
It doesn’t sound like his anger management course did much good!
This is a perfect example of why everybody needs to vote and needs to do research on a candidate before they vote.
just as an employee can be fired, it should work in a similar fashion for an elected official. this behavior or the behavior of those who beat their girlfriends, steal money etc should be considered reason for impeachment.