Political career Karl Oliver




1 political career

1.1 taxpayer pay raise act of 2016
1.2 statement on lynching
1.3 war on terror
1.4 school choice





political career

on august 26, 2015, oliver defeated shed hunger in republican primary runoff election house district 46. in general election, oliver defeated democrat ken strachan 57 percent of ballots cast.


taxpayer pay raise act of 2016

oliver supported taxpayer pay raise act of 2016, , suggested illinois-born mississippian critical of bill might consider returning native state.


statement on lynching

on may 20, 2017, oliver submitted facebook post stating louisiana lawmakers supported removing confederate monuments state should lynched . made statement following removal of statue of robert e. lee, last of group of confederate monuments removed new orleans, louisiana. statement compared take-down of monuments book burning , nazism. house speaker philip gunn condemned oliver s statement, , stripped him of vice-chairmanship of house forestry committee.


on may 22, 2017, oliver apologized, after statement caused national outrage. oliver s district includes town of money, african american teenager emmett till lynched.


the mississippi legislative black caucus, mississippi naacp, mississippi clarion-ledger newspaper, , southern poverty law center have called oliver resign statements. aclu of mississippi has called oliver s statement investigated violations of either state code of ethics or rules of legislature.


war on terror

oliver has stated perspective policies of obama administration made america less secure against terrorism, , accused administration of aiding in transporting these same muslim extremist our nation .


school choice

oliver has supported school choice, , given ranking on issue emperor mississippi in group s 2016 education report card.









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