Virginia GOP nominee says Planned Parenthood is 'more lethal to blacks than the KKK ever was' and compares homosexuals to pedophiles

E.W. Jackson is the Virginia GOP's candidate for lieutenant governor



In a YouTube video, Jackson says 'Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was'

He says homosexuals target children



If Jackson loses, Democrats will pick up a majority in state senate

He is the running mate to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

In the running: E. W. Jackson beat out six other candidates on Saturday to win the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket

Virginia's Republican nominee for lieutenant governor has compared the Democratic Party to a 'slave market' and says Planned Parenthood is more of a threat to black Americans than the Klu Klux Klan.

The caustic statements by E.W. Jackson, a black minister from Chesapeake, have come under increased scrutiny after he beat out six other candidates on Saturday to win the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket behind Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.



Cuccinelli faces Democrat Terry McAuliffe in November's gubernatorial election. Democrats will choose Jackson's opponent on June 11.

In a 'message to black Christians' posted on YouTube last year, Jackson says, 'It is time to end the slavish devotion to the Democrat Party.'

'The Democrat Party has created an unholy alliance between certain so-called civil rights leaders and Planned Parenthood, which has killed unborn black babies by the tens of millions,' he says.



'Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was,' he continues. 'And the Democratic Party and their black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide.'

Controversial: E.W. Jackson, Virginia's Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, has compared the Democratic Party to a 'slave market' and says Planned Parenthood is more of a threat to black Americans than the Klu Klux Klan

The competition for second-in-command is especially important because if Jackson loses, Democrats will pick up majority control of the state Senate.



Jackson has never held public office. His first political campaign was last year, when he ran in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate and got less than 5 percent of the vote.



Also in the YouTubevideo, Jackson condemns Democrats for 'equat[ing] homosexuality with being black.'

He says that discrimination against both groups cannot be lumped together under the same civil rights umbrella.



'They can keep their homosexuality private,' he says. 'You and I cannot hide being black.'



Jackson has made a number of anti-gay statements in the past, comparing homosexuals to pedophiles and calling them 'frankly very sick people psychologically, mentally and emotionally.'

Running risk: Virginia GOP candidate for governor Ken Cuccinelli (right) is pictured with running mate E.W. Jackson (far left)

According to his past statements, he believes that gay individuals attempt to 'poison' children and 'turn them into pawns for that movements so they can sexualize them at the earliest possible age.'

Cuccinelli has also expressed anti-gay sentiments in the past.