Texas Rep. Salman Bhojani said he is “shocked and appalled by this alleged racist, Islamophobic occurrence that took place in my town,” according to the news release.
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Texas Rep. Salman Bhojani said he is “shocked and appalled by this alleged racist, Islamophobic occurrence that took place in my town,” according to the news release.
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This wouldn't have occurred had the Ten Commandments been posted poolside.
Sadly, there are people that would completely agree with this statement, and not detect an ounce of sarcasm.
The victim was a Palestinian American. They shouldn't bury that in the article. Completely irresponsible.
Why couldn't covid kill all these stupid hateful people off???
I mean, it was. Covid was literally killing all the old people until our gerontocratic government stuffed them full of vaccines. Trump supporters were dying at 2 or 3 times the rate of the general population.
Fucking hell. What kind of evil piece of garbage pushes a child's head underwater?
Even if you did it for literally a second, I would have been traumatized as a kid. I was nervous in water and hate having my head under it.
Elizabeth Wolf, you are a piece of shit
Wow that's a smug mug shot, holy moly.
That's someone who does NOT think they just got caught saying the quiet part.
How long until Abbott pardons her and says she was acting in self defense and had a reasonable fear for her life?
I hope this woman suffers evil pos.