KS Senate minority leader not a fan of ‘Redneck Rap’

Kansas state Rep. Bill Otto may have left us speechless with his “Redneck Rap,” but not Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley.

In a statement released today, Hensley called the rap video on YouTube “disturbing.” Hensley makes note of the ending of the video in which Otto points to his handmade trucker cap that reads, “Opossum, the other dark meat.” Otto says, “A little greasy, but hey.”

“If opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to?” Hensley asks in his statement.

“After a nearly three-minute rant about President Obama and his administration, it is only logical to presume that Otto was making reference to the President’s race. It is not only thoughtless, but outrageous for an elected official such as Bill Otto to make this reference to describe any person, let alone the President of the United States.”

Hensley says Otto’s latest video — there have been several — “crosses the line.”

“He makes light of some very serious political issues and clearly mocks African-Americans at a time when our nation needs its leaders to do neither,” Hensley writes.

This isn’t the first incident involving race that Otto has been involved in, Hensley writes. 

“In addition to his latest video, two other past incidents point to Bill Otto’s bigotry,” Hensley claims in the statement. “He has attempted to abolish the Kansas African-American Commission and I have been informed that he made a remark to an African-American staff member about shooting an African-American member of the Governor’s cabinet.

“Such behavior cannot be tolerated from anyone, especially a member of the Kansas Legislature. Bill Otto is an embarrassment to the people of Kansas, and in particular, to the people of the 9th House District.”

Here’s the rap.