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Republican's racist Facebook posts resurface -- threatening to kill his special election chances
A Pennsylvania Republican, Frank Scavo, who is seeking to win a special election seat next week, is responding to controversy Friday surrounding recently surfaced Facebook posts from his personal account.
“They existed in 2015 [and] 2016 and one meme said ‘a jihadist with an IED is more dangerous than climate change,'” he said to local TV station Fox56 Friday in an effort to stave off the criticism. Then he added, “In 2015, that’s what was going on.”
But it may not be enough for the Lackawanna County lawmaker, as anger bubbles up in the community.
Already, Scavo has deleted the posts and made private his personal Facebook page. Still, according to Fox56, “this week local state lawmakers issued a joint statement questioning Scavo’s fitness to serve.
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“ISLAMICS will use any excuse to kill!!!,” read one of Scavo’s Facebook posts from January, 2015, The Intercept reported.
“They existed in 2015 [and] 2016 and one meme said ‘a jihadist with an IED is more dangerous than climate change,'” he said to local TV station Fox56 Friday in an effort to stave off the criticism. Then he added, “In 2015, that’s what was going on.”
But it may not be enough for the Lackawanna County lawmaker, as anger bubbles up in the community.
Already, Scavo has deleted the posts and made private his personal Facebook page. Still, according to Fox56, “this week local state lawmakers issued a joint statement questioning Scavo’s fitness to serve.
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“ISLAMICS will use any excuse to kill!!!,” read one of Scavo’s Facebook posts from January, 2015, The Intercept reported.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/republicans-racist-facebook-posts-resurface-threatening-kill-special-election-chances/|
It is time we got back to the position whereby right wing racist wankers understand that actions and hate have consequences
