If Hill Goes, So Should Baxley

Rep. Mike Hill, R-Pensacola, didn’t push back against a constituent who feels as if gay people should be put to death.

Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, thinks white people are on the verge of extinction, and thus abortions need to stop.

During a recent event where Hill was speaking, someone used the Bible as an excuse to put homophobia on display.

The person “joked” about gay people being put to death, and used the Bible to support that craziness.

Mike Hill laughed at this “joke,” and never told the person he was wrong.

Now , in a bipartisan outrage Hill is being condemned, including calls for him to resign. LOUD calls for him to resign.

I have a problem with this situation. 

My problem isn’t that Hill is being condemned for what transpired. Of course he should be.

My problem is that two weeks ago, Sen. Dennis Baxley, in pushing for anti-abortion, actually SAID it’s to preserve the European culture, i.e. white folks. These are his exact words:

“When you get a birth rate less than 2 percent, that society is disappearing,” he said of Western Europe. “And it’s being replaced by folks that come behind them and immigrate, don’t wish to assimilate into that society and they do believe in having children. So, you see that there are long-range impacts to your society when the answer is to exterminate.”

You have one man -- Mike Hill -- who didn’t push back on what someone ELSE said, and there are calls for him to apologize, resign, and basically give up his first born to the Angel of Death.

You have the other man -- Dennis Baxley -- who SAID immigrants are out there having six and seven babies, while the birth rate for Western Europeans has dropped below 2 percent. So he wants to ban abortions to basically preserve the white race.

First, if it were black women who were having all of the abortions, Baxley wouldn’t be introducing anti-abortion bills. He’d be offering up abortions buy-one-get-one-FREE!

The fact that white women are out there having abortions left and right has finally sunk in, but I’ll save that for another column. This one is about the double standard being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans when it comes to the tale of these two legislators.

One is being sent to the guillotine; the other one goes on his merry racist way.

Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried seems to be the only person giving equal energy to taking out both bags of trash that are Hill and Baxley.

Other than Nikki Fried:

Where are the calls for Baxley to resign?

Where are the calls for Baxley to apologize?

After all, he actually SAID something about which eyebrows should be raised.

While Hill didn’t take the high road and let his constituent know that what he said was inappropriate, HILL NEVER ACTUALLY SAID THE VILE WORDS. 

Baxley hasn’t apologized.

I looked for statements from the Florida Democratic Party calling on Baxley to resign. 

Couldn’t find any.

I looked for statements from Carlos Guillermo Smith, who seems to be leading the charge calling for Baxley's resignation.

Couldn’t find any.

I looked for statements from Bill Galvano calling for Baxley to apologize.

Couldn’t find any.

Jose Oliva? Nada.

Now, I’m not saying these statements don’t exist. I’m saying I couldn’t find them. 

I spoke to several black legislators who seem to be in agreement with me.

Why Hill, but not Baxley?

If Hill goes, so should Baxley.

If Baxley stays, so should Hill.

If Hill is to be censured, sanctioned, or punished in any way, so too should Baxley.

Immigrants and the families of immigrants, who vote, are paying attention as well.

Period.

Leslie Wimes, a Sunshine State News columnist, is founder and president of Women on the Move and the Democratic African American Women Caucus, www.daawc.com. Follow Leslie on Twitter: @womenonthemove1