A Democratic candidate for an Illinois county board has withdrawn from the race after backlash over her tweet saying she laughed repeatedly at a video showing a law enforcement officer hit in the face by a projectile, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Hadiya Afzal, 20 — who won the March primary for the DuPage County board’s District 4 seat — wrote on Twitter, “I’ve been watching this on repeat for fifteen minutes and laughing every single time,” the paper said.
Hateful & sick.
Does @JoeBiden agree? Will any reporter ask him? https://t.co/flUCbRneXu
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 26, 2020
The video in question shows what appears to be an officer at a protest throwing an object off-screen while behind a barricade wall and then recoiling after getting hit in the face by a projectile, the Tribune said.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called Afzal’s tweet “hateful & sick.” – READ MORE
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