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Offensive Halloween parade float depicts shackled Harris being dragged

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…



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Author : Marina Dunbar

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

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