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douglas9

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Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:33 AM Oct 2022

The 'most important person' on Kari Lake's campaign mocked Native Americans in racist tweet


Kari Lake’s campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages who engage in human sacrifice in a racist tweet mocking the concept of Indigenous People’s Day.

“Happy Indigenous People’s Day!” Colton Duncan wrote on Twitter along with an artist’s rendering of a human sacrifice by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization that lived thousands of miles away from Arizona.

Many states and cities have replaced Columbus Day, which was on Oct. 10 this year, with Indigenous People’s Day to recognize the civilizations that had existed for centuries in the Americas prior to the arrival of European colonizers.

Lake earlier this month called Duncan “the most important person” on her campaign.

Although Duncan’s tweet was made on Oct. 10, it didn’t garner attention until Oct. 20, when Democratic lobbyist and campaign consultant Mario Enrique Diaz retweeted it.

“This is @katiehobbs opponent’s campaign manager. I don’t know what the purpose of this post is but it’s consistent with the theme of dividing Arizonans. When our Native American friends are working to keep #Arizona’s water supply alive, for example, this is sad,” Diaz wrote.


https://www.azmirror.com/2022/10/20/the-most-important-person-on-kari-lakes-campaign-mocked-native-americans-in-racist-tweet/
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The 'most important person' on Kari Lake's campaign mocked Native Americans in racist tweet (Original Post) douglas9 Oct 2022 OP
Native American voters in Arizona made the difference for Biden in 2020. sop Oct 2022 #1
Speaking of human sacrifice by government... Marcuse Oct 2022 #2

sop

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1. Native American voters in Arizona made the difference for Biden in 2020.
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 07:45 AM
Oct 2022

This should help in November.

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