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George II

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Tue Oct 13, 2020, 08:33 PM Oct 2020

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes: Virtual meeting with Newtown residents interrupted by racist Zoombombers

Source: Hartford Courant

By ELIZA FAWCETT and CHRISTINE DEMPSEY HARTFORD COURANT | OCT 13, 2020 AT 5:17 PM

Flinging racial slurs and playing offensive music, Zoombombers interrupted a virtual campaign meeting with Newtown residents hosted by U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, the first Black woman to represent Connecticut in Congress.

“I’m so sorry to the people of Newtown who had to sit through this zoom bombing episode," Hayes, D-5th District, wrote on Twitter Monday evening. "During our virtual conversation these people continued to call me the N-word, play disgusting derogatory music and flood the chat with comments like this.”

She included a picture of some of the comments, which repeatedly told Hayes to “go pick your cotton” and expressed adoration for President Donald Trump. “Trump is the best president the U.S. has ever had!!!!" one of the disrupters wrote.

“This behavior is being normalized! We can ALL choose not to accept it. Please vote on November 3rd," Hayes said.

Read more: https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-newtown-congresswoman-jahana-hayes-racist-zoom-bombers-20201013-c3tuwix4bnhmllswcxs57croby-story.html



Thankfully republican politicians as well as Democrats have come out in support of Hayes and condemned this disgusting attack.

This is what trump has created.

Here is her tweet with the screen shot of some of the comments:


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Congresswoman Jahana Hayes: Virtual meeting with Newtown residents interrupted by racist Zoombombers (Original Post) George II Oct 2020 OP
Deplorables. Hillary was right. /nt IcyPeas Oct 2020 #1
Welp...racists will never be mistaken as clever Hip2bSquare Oct 2020 #2
$10 says those Q Anon dipshits were behind this. Initech Oct 2020 #3
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