21-10-2016 19:29 via topix.com

North Carolina GOP attacks anti-gerrymanding ad for a race-baitinga

Voters line up Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 during early voting at Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, N.C. Days after one of its office was firebombed in what it called a "hate crime," North Carolina's Republican Party has denounced a TV spot that reminds voters of a map drawn by GOP lawmakers that packed black voters into a long, unwieldy district. "This is a new low in NC elections," said party chairman and former Congressman Robin Hayes in a statement Friday.
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