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Georgia congressman defends "uppity" remark about Obamas

The Republican Georgia Rep. doesn’t back down from his Thursday quote labeling the Obamas “uppity.”
Says in a statement: “I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense. It is important to note that the dictionary definition of ‘uppity’ is ‘affecting an air of inflated self-esteem — snobbish.’”
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