Leaked texts show Trump-backed candidate Mark Lamb exchanged racist jokes with border vigilante leader
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Matthew Chapman
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Summary
The Arizona Republic reports that Mark Lamb, a far-right congressional candidate endorsed by Donald Trump and former Pinal County sheriff, exchanged racist jokes with Nick Steele of Border Narcotics Intelligence, a vigilante border militia group. The exchanges occurred on a 2016 campaign social media account and were exposed in leaked texts, revealing racist commentary between the candidate and the extremist border patrol figure.
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· 3 pulledSteele told Lamb that he an
Mark Lamb, the former sheriff of Pinal County, made the exchanges on a 2016 campaign social media account with Nick Steele of Border Narcotics Intelligence, a private extremist group that claims to patrol the border on behalf of the public.
A far-right congressional candidate backed by President Donald Trump exchanged racist jokes with a vigilante border militiaman, according to The Arizona Republic.
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