Conservative Radio Host: Angle Shouldn’t Apologize For “Asian” remarks and Hispanic Students Are The Real Racists

A Conservative Radio Host has come to the defense of Nevada GOP Senatorial Candidate Sharon Angle, who is currently enmeshed in a controversy over her remarks regarding the appearance of Hispanic children in the audience at a recent speaking engagement. 

Heidi Harris went so far as to say that it is actually the Hispanic students who are the racists in this situation. Jon Ralston of the Las Vegas Sun has the full story here:

Radio talker, Angle-backer: Angle shouldn’t apologize for “Asian” remarks and Hispanic students are the real racists

Yes, folks, that's what radio talk show host Heidi Harris said Wednesday on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" when asked about Sharron Angle's controversial comments to those Rancho High School Hispanic students.

Harris said the kids were racist to be offended by being told they look Asian, she used air quotes (apparently that's like a secret handshake in the Angle campaign -- remember "autism") and said Angle should not apologize, as the students have asked her to do.

A little back ground on Harris, aside from being a Conservative Radio host, she was also the master of ceremonies at an Angle event and recently headlined a fundraiser for the GOP Senate hopeful.

Transcript of the interview is below, I was going to post the video, but I highly recommend actually reading the interview, and just taking the time to ponder the sheer lunacy of Harris's statements:

Ed: Heidi, should she apologize?

Heidi: Of course not! She shouldn’t apologize. First of all, Sharron Angle's daughter-in-law is Mexican -- Mexican, okay? Her grandkids are half-Latino…

Flanders: It doesn't insulate you from stupidity and bias.

Heidi: No, no, no, that’s… wait a minute, wait a minute. The point is she doesn't dislike Latinos. Secondly, you know who should be asking for an apology? The Asian kids who apparently should be concerned that the Hispanics think it's insulting to be told that you look like an Asian.

Flanders: You know, but this goes…

Heidi: Who's the racist?

Flanders: This goes back, Ed, to what we need in this country, which is a conversation not about the ridiculous outbursts of a few, but about our grappling with racism in this country such as her attitudes are out there. She's just one person. We go from one crazy comment after another, but this stuff resonates because there's a history and that's the work that Barack Obama was trying to do, what was it two years ago? We need more of it