Democratic lawmaker under fire for racist e-mail

I can't believe I ever voted for this party.

Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady has decided not to seek reelection after it was revealed that he made racist comments in an e-mail. In addition, fellow Democrats are refusing to initiate an ethics investigation into Brady - even though the Delaware House has a rule that says lawmakers may not engage in conduct that "brings the House into disrepute."

Brady sent the e-mail using his official government account. The e-mail was accidentally sent to an advocate for decriminalizing prostitution.

Brady is also the executive director of the Delaware AFL-CIO.

This story has made a mockery of our entire democratic system and much of our labor leadership. If our "leaders" don't have the values to properly confront racism such as this, what do they have? They've abandoned economic justice, they've abandoned civil liberties, they've abandoned schools, and now they've even abandoned racial harmony.

This is not the Democratic Party I signed up for in 1991. I was a member of the Northern Kentucky Young Democrats in the mid-'90s, and I went to countless labor rallies in the 2010s, and this makes a joke of the work that I and others put into these organizations and events.

The Democrats being better 30 years ago isn't a reason to vote for them now.

The longest-running political party in the world. Complete garbage.