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Offensive Halloween parade float depicts shackled Harris being dragged

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Offensive Halloween parade float depicts shackled Harris being dragged



Pennsylvania event organizer says it doesn’t ‘share values’ presented by the float denounced as racist by NAACPA Pittsburgh-area Halloween parade’s depiction of Kamala Harris in chains and being dragged by a vehicle displaying Donald Trump’s name is being condemned as racist – and has prompted an apology from the event organizer.Photos of Wednesday night’s parade in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, that circulated widely across social media show a person dressed as the Democratic vice-president shackled and walking behind a golf cart-like vehicle. The vehicle – a float in a Halloween parade organized by the Mount Pleasant volunteer fire department – is decorated with American flags and Trump campaign signs carrying people dressed in what appear to be Secret Service agent costumes, along with a mounted rifle. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/pennsylvania-halloween-parade-harris-float

Author : Marina Dunbar

Publish date : 2024-11-01 20:22:45

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