Parker Griffith calls Mo Brooks to concede, urges Brooks to apologize for immigrant r
Parker Griffith calls Mo Brooks to concede, urges Brooks to apologize for immigrant remark (video)
Published: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:42 PM Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:46 PM
Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times By Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times
Parker Griffith concedes to Mo Brooks--3.13.2012 Dr. Parker Griffith, speaking on his daughter's cellphone conceded the Republican Primary for U.S. Congress 5th District to incumbent Mo Brooks. During the conversation, he asks Brooks to apologize to the state of Alabama for his ethnic comments. (The Huntsville Times/ Michael Mercier). Watch video
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Parker Griffith called U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday to concede the 5th Congressional District race. But the conversation quickly turned to Griffith urging Brooks to publicly apologize for remarks made by Brooks as a freshman representative.
Griffith referred to comments made by Brooks in the heat of Alabama's debate about illegal immigrant workers. Brooks said he would support "anything short of shooting them" to get undocumented immigrant workers out of the state, adding, "anything that is lawful."
Griffith said that comment and a comment by state Sen. Scott Beason referring to people at casinos in a majority black county as "aborigines" will be used against the state in future BRAC competitions.
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