Gary O'Connor, Texas Democrat Who Called Tim Scott an 'Oreo', Announces Resignation

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

Gary O'Connor, the Texas Democratic official who called Senator Tim Scott an "oreo", announced his resignation as Lamar County Democratic Party chair on Tuesday.

"I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page", he told the Washington Examiner in a statement. "It was insensitive, and I have embarrassed myself and my party by its use".

He continued, "As a result, I feel compelled to offer my resignation as chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party for consideration by the County Executive Committee".

The announcement comes days after O'Connor criticized Scott for his Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address to Congress last week.

In a since-deleted Facebook post, the local party chair wrote, "I had hoped that Scott might show some common sense, but it seems clear he is little more than an oreo with no real principles".

The term "oreo" has been used in an offensive manner for a Black person who has been viewed as adopting attitudes "thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage", according to Dictionary.com.

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Gary O'Connor, Texas Democrat Who Called Tim Scott an 'Oreo', Announces Resignation

The real scandal: our best and most representative people are forced to resign for telling the truth