OK House Leader Uses Slur In Debate
Oklahoma House leader utters derogatory slur during debate
BY RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Thursday, April 18, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY – Debate over whether small businesses can compete with big box chains produced an embarrassing moment for House of Representatives Co-Majority Leader Dennis Johnson on Wednesday.
In debating in favor of a bill that would repeal a 70-year-old ban on “loss-leader” selling, Johnson, a small business owner, said service and not price were the key to success.
He then acknowledged that some customers “try to Jew me down.”
Johnson, R-Duncan – who, with Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, is the third-ranking member of the majority leadership – immediately apologized, adding that “Jews run good small businesses, too.”