Casada Speaks After Meeting with the Black Caucus

Here’s our twitter thread breaking down Casada’s press conference after he met with the Black Caucus. We’re putting it here for those who don’t follow us on Twitter.

THREAD: Some clips from the press conference @glencasada just gave, Follow along…

1) Casada says “the purpose of this meeting” with the @TNblackcaucus was to go over what happened lately ‘with my chief of staff’, and find a path forward. pic.twitter.com/vuqAzWssr5

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

2) @GlenCasada takes questions… but isn’t interested in answer ours (which echoes @vincentdixie54‘s) about why his chief of staff stepped down after the sexist texts but he took no action after the racist ones.

Still haven’t heard an answer. #ResignCasada pic.twitter.com/v1EtxuBbbk

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

3) @SergioMarBel asks @GlenCasada if there’s a “Racism Issue” in HIS House of Representatives.

Casada says “you can’t refute that there is”… buuut @KyleHoranNC5 points out speaker Casada DID refute that there is, and said the texts were fake.

Good point. #ResignCasada pic.twitter.com/6ptgxZgLP6

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

4) Speaker @GlenCasada says he “didn’t see” the racist texts he was included on, and “those that know him well” know he would’ve fired Cade for it… then says he DID fire Cade when it came out (but it was the sexist texts that led to Cade’s resignation, not the racist ones) pic.twitter.com/rzYWZneoEB

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

5) Speaker @GlenCasada says “majority” of Republicans still support him, his only sin is using “base language” in 2 texts, and if he resigns for that nobody will be qualified to be speaker. ?

(No word on the lying, spying, drug use enabling, supporting child sex abusers, etc.) pic.twitter.com/GLWapWRfIE

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

6) Q: “Did you lie to Phil Valentine?” Speaker @GlenCasada: “No, I did not. Absolutely not.”@ValentineShow disagrees. @NC5PhilWilliams has shown through secret recordings Casada knew the texts were real before he told Valentine they weren’t.

Lying about lying. #ResignCasada pic.twitter.com/esQhsFrA4b

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 13, 2019

We just want to keep reminding you that in 2015 @GlenCasada was named Best Political Leader by a white supremacist site who favored a “Jew-free white ethno-state” — and had spoken with Casada’s aide?? pic.twitter.com/sGPxh5jsrW

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 12, 2019