This is something our friends on the other side of the aisle seem not to remember. I think Mr. Cohen praised Morris Dees, but Morris Dees had long standing accusations of racial discrimination and sexual harassment. It was in the context of that scandal that he was fired. that Richard Cohen, the long term president of the SPLC, resigned and that the SPLC began the process of unionization which led to accusations of union busting last year and the ouster of of their most recent president, Margaret Wong. (02:04–02:09)
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Asserts that Morris Dees was fired due to the scandal involving accusations of racial discrimination and sexual harassment.
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