Racially charged tweet by Lonegan campaign draws fire from Eck, Booker
Eck says Lonegan is not a viable candidate. Says the former Bogota mayor and his team are “angry white men”
By Art Gallagher | MoreMonmouthMusings.com
During last night’s Democratic U.S. Senate debate, a racially insensitive tweet was sent out from former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan’s campaign account, @Lonegan.
Politico captured an image of the tweet which depicted Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s foreign policy prep notes as a map of Newark with Guaya, West Africa, Portugal and Brazil noted as parts of the city and the Middle East as Afghanistan, Pakistan PLUS Bangladesh and Trinidad.
The tweet was quickly deleted and Lonegan spokesman Rich Shaftan told Politico that Lonegan did not find it funny or reflective of how he thinks.
Shaftan told The Star Ledger that the staffer responsible had been disciplined but probably would not be fired…
those are the neighborhoods in Newark, is that a surprise?
I´m very angry and I am a Caucasian man..
Let´s stop the "W" word..
oh dear.
😉
Now Eck has lost my vote..