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2021 Falls Church School Board Right-Wing Candidate’s “Lesser Black Woman” Comments “Objectively the worst tweet I’ve seen today”

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See below for the offensive tweets by the “libertarian” Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro, who ran for the Falls Church School Board last year (getting 10.1% of the vote to finish sixth out of seven candidates). Also, for more on Shapiro, see Would Conservative Cato Institute Mouthpiece Be Best Advocate for Falls Church City Kids?; A Candidate for Falls Church School Board Has Connections to the Koch Network. Here’s Why You Should Be Worried.; Commentary: Sotomayor pick not based on merit; this tweet (“Maybe Ilya Shapiro was never really aware of slavery.”); Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute Fellow: Voting Rights Act Ruling Was ‘Victory For Democracy’; Yes, Virginia, You Can Unmask Your Kids; etc.

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