Jake Knotts

Lawmaker Faces Ouster Over Duel Threat

Easley Patch | Carolyn Farr Smith and Greg Hambrick | Posted 05.14.2012

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Folks' links to his own 2010 post, where he noted that Haddon claimed, via Facebook, that Knotts had challenged him to a duel. Folks alleges that the ...

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Wife Of 'You Lie' GOP Rep Angrily Confronts State Lawmaker

Posted 05.08.2012

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Roxanne Wilson, wife of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), confronted a South Carolina Republican state senator on Tuesday after the lawmaker blocked a me...

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'Raghead': State Senator Uses Slur Against S.C. Candidate, Obama

AP | PAGE IVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker on Thursday called a Republican gubernatorial candidate of Indian descent a "raghead," saying we have...

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Jake Knotts: South Carolina State Senator May Be Asked To Resign After Calling Nikki Haley A 'Raghead'

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) - A South Carolina senator who referred to the front-runner in the Republican race for governor as a "raghead" could be reprimanded by county GOP...

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June 27, 2010, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama also criticizes BP for issuing millions in dividends when money could be better spent on helping victims. Shareholders see it differently.

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In the Obama Era, We Can't Even Get Along With Debrahlee Lorenzana?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There were the seven seniors at a La Quinta high school in Southern California who were disciplined for their game of "Beat the Jew." Who says budget cuts have drained imagination from our educational system?

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Jason Linkins

Jake Knotts, Slur-Spewing South Carolina State Senator, Deploys The 'Saturday Night Live Defense'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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There you have it, in the most bigoted terms Knotts can muster. Of course, after the fact, Knotts invoked a very novel justification for his remark: the "Saturday Night Live defense."

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Jake Knotts, South Carolina Republican, Calls For "Full-Blown" Investigation Of Sanford

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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State Senator Jake Knotts, a Republican and longtime critic of Mark Sanford, called for a "full-blown" investigation Friday into the South Carolina go...

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