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TexasTowelie

(116,795 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 09:11 PM Sep 2019

U.S. Senate candidate sends racially-charged texts to business owner

A far-right candidate for the U.S. Senate allegedly threatened to deport family members of the owner of a signature gathering firm who refused to work for his campaign.

Andrew Chavez, the owner of Petition Partners, told the Arizona Capitol Times that Republican Craig Brittain lashed out at Chavez and his family after he declined Brittain’s request to hire Petition Partners to help gather enough nominating petitions to qualify for the 2020 primary ballot.

On August 21, Chavez tweeted a screengrab of texts he received from an unnamed source. At the time, Chavez only wrote that the sender was a candidate he declined to work for.

That candidate, who Chavez later identified as Brittain, lashed out at Chavez.

Read more: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/09/09/u-s-senate-candidate-sends-racially-charged-texts-to-business-owner/

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U.S. Senate candidate sends racially-charged texts to business owner (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP
Not surprised at all PhoenixDem Sep 2019 #1
 

PhoenixDem

(581 posts)
1. Not surprised at all
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 11:01 PM
Sep 2019

Craig Brittain is a known Trumpanzee -- he is a racist, xenophobe, misogynist and homophobe. Hood for Mr. Chávez to expose him.

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