Thread by @JuddLegum

UPDATE: Congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn just issued a NEW STATEMENT on the campaign's racist attack on a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

And it's quite disturbing.

Follow along if interested.

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2. The original statement by Cawthorn's campaign was: "He quit his academia job in Boston to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, who aims to ruin white males running for office."

The campaign has previously said this was a "syntax error" but never explained.

3. Now, Cawthorn's spokesperson says the line should have read: "He quit his academia job in Boston to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, AND aims to ruin white males running for office."

"WHO" to "AND" - that's it

Otherwise, they think the statement is fine

4. Ultimately, the campaign changed the line more significantly, but that's only because of the "media double standard."

They do not believe attacking someone for working for "non-white males" is racist

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5. MAJOR US CORPORATIONS ARE SUPPORTING CAWTHORN'S CANDIDACY

@UPS
@HomeDepot
@KPMG
@exxonmobil
@RAI_News (Reynolds America)
@USChamber
@AltriaNews
@aflac
@att

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