After losing her election bid, former Alabama Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper called her opponent the N-word on Facebook. Or was it a hacker? Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, and Alonzo Bodden, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. tytnetwork.com/join
"The outgoing Republican mayor of Midland City, Alabama, claimed she was "hacked" after a racist message appeared on her Facebook page.
"I lost. The nigger won," read Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper's response to a friend asking about this week's election results, according to multiple reports.
Skipper, who is white, lost her mayoral race Tuesday to JoAnn Bennett Grimsley, a black woman.
The incriminating post is not visible to those who are not Facebook friends with Skipper, according to the Dothan Eagle. But she insists she did not write it.
"My Facebook has been messed up for several weeks and I haven't been using it," Skipper told the Eagle Wednesday. "I think I've been hacked.””*
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25 авг 2016