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Haley Barbour spokesperson responds to uproar over civil rights remarks

UPDATED at 3:29 p.m.: Barbour spokesman Dan Turner has responded to the uproar over the governor’s comments in a fairly combative interview with TPM’s Eric Kleefeld.

“You’re trying to paint the governor as a racist,” [Turner] said. “And nothing could be further from the truth.” […]

So, I asked Turner, does Barbour have any comment on the Citizen Council movement’s basis in white supremacy, and its work of launching economic boycotts to cut off employment and business for African-Americans who became active for civil rights — including that notable occasion in Yazoo City?

“Gov. Barbour did not comment on the Citizens Council movement’s history,” Turner responded. “He commented on the business community in Yazoo City, Mississippi.”

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