John Tanner, who works for the Department of Justice is under fire for racial comments he made during a meeting about the impact of voter identification laws on elderly and minority voters.
Tanner Said "that also ties into the racial aspect because our society is such that minorities don't become elderly the way white people do. They die first."
This sparked outrage from people who are calling for Tanner's head, including Barack Obama.
How could Tanner say such a horrible thing?
Well, maybe because it's true. White women live on average 4.5 years longer than black women and white men live 6.3 years longer than black men, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Such is the racial tenor in this country when a public official addressing a serious issue is castigated for accurately representing the facts.
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