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Gubernatorial Candidate Fires Staffers After Photo Surfaces With One Wearing ‘Blackface’
10/26/2018
Two staffers on Democrat J.B. Pritzker’s gubernatorial campaign were fired on Friday after a photo showing one of them wearing what looked like blackface surfaced on Instagram.
Two campaign staffers for Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker have been suspended without pay, after one of them wore a charcoal face mask in an Instagram post, making it appear he was wearing blackface. https://t.co/fNukgRSMAS pic.twitter.com/kBzCcwhHYh
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) October 26, 2018
In the photo, a white man’s face is covered in a blackish gray substance and he is wearing a shirt that says “JB & Juliana for Illinois.” There’s also a heart in the corner of the photo with the word “psycho” inside it.
The photo was posted on Carolyn Mehta’s Instagram page, the Chicago Sun Times reported. She told them in a Facebook message that “It was a charcoal face mask.”
“This photo was posted on a private Instagram account and after finding out about it this morning, both individuals were immediately suspended without pay. After further investigation, both staffers have been fired,” the campaign said in a statement, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/26/pritzker-f...-staffers/
10/26/2018
Two staffers on Democrat J.B. Pritzker’s gubernatorial campaign were fired on Friday after a photo showing one of them wearing what looked like blackface surfaced on Instagram.
Two campaign staffers for Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker have been suspended without pay, after one of them wore a charcoal face mask in an Instagram post, making it appear he was wearing blackface. https://t.co/fNukgRSMAS pic.twitter.com/kBzCcwhHYh
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) October 26, 2018
In the photo, a white man’s face is covered in a blackish gray substance and he is wearing a shirt that says “JB & Juliana for Illinois.” There’s also a heart in the corner of the photo with the word “psycho” inside it.
The photo was posted on Carolyn Mehta’s Instagram page, the Chicago Sun Times reported. She told them in a Facebook message that “It was a charcoal face mask.”
“This photo was posted on a private Instagram account and after finding out about it this morning, both individuals were immediately suspended without pay. After further investigation, both staffers have been fired,” the campaign said in a statement, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/26/pritzker-f...-staffers/
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