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Right-Wingers Are Mad Anti-Welfare Ad Isn’t Racist Enough

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was attacked by right wingers for depicting a lazy, white, gamer named "Brad" in an ad about welfare fraud.

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