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Yet Mayor Rhodes insisted there had been “zero impact” on the town.
“These were not our people,” he said of the raid. “What happened out at that track had nothing to do with Wilder.”
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91% of people in this town ~~voted for Trump. They are shocked that the Hispanic community which supports their businesses was raided~~ are dumb as hell
“They were too busy being Latino and not running the city,” said the current mayor, Steve Rhodes, adding that race was not something people worried about in Wilder. “I don’t know anyone in town that sees a race,” he said.
Yeah, no. They do, but not in public. Covert racism is still racism.