Senator Knotts (R- S.C.) –the man who thinks it’s “coy and funny” to call the President and one of his own Republican Party members “ragheads”– has been flapping his sagging jowls again.

Reporter: Are you a racist?

Knotts: No. I’ve got… I help anybody. It don’t matter what color their skin is. Doesn’t matter what party they in, whether they a Democrat or Republican. I work both sides of the aisle.You can’t work both sides of the aisle if you a racist, and I’ve done that for 16 years.

I like how he started to say “I’ve got…” which is usually followed by “black friends.” Then he thought better of it and worded it in a slightly different way. Of course, while he’s busy insisting he isn’t a racist and will help anyone, no matter what, he also had this to say:

Knotts: …the press has given Nikki Haley a free ride ever since she has been runnin’, and you know it, ’cause WIS is exactly responsible for that.

Reporter: Where have we not held her accountable? What questions have we not asked her that you would like to have asked?

Knotts: Have you ever asked her if she believes in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and that he died on the cross for her sins? Have you ever asked her that? Not just ‘Do you believe in God?’

So, I guess he isn’t so much a racist as just a general purpose bigot.

You can watch the interview I pulled this quotes from here at WMBF News.