Samuel “Joe The Plumber” Wurzelbacher, the conservative activist and failed Ohio congressional candidate who rose to prominence after he had a campaign trail confrontation with President Barack Obama before his election in 2008, posted a tweet Friday accusing Democrats of having “a history of lynching Black Americans.” Wurzelbacher’s tweet was accompanied by a picture showing the word Democrat with the final “T” replaced by an image of a burning cross.
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