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    The first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist messages, including a lynching threat, after writing an opinion piece in a local newspaper criticizing former President Donald Trump and the state Republican officials who stood with him at a recent rally in Des Moines.

    Ross Wilburn, who is also a state representative from Ames, reported the threatening phone and email messages to local police and state investigators. The messages came after The Des Moines Register's online publication of Wilburn's op-ed on Oct. 8, the day before thousands of Trump supporters gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds for the rally. Several in the crowd carried Confederate flags.

    Wilburn's experience is part of an uptick in racist and threatening communications aimed at Black leaders in Iowa and across the country, according to targets of the communications and a group that monitors them. The rise in threats against public officials began with the start of the pandemic as COVID-19 restrictions were implemented and continued through the divisive 2020 election

    “With only some of our political leaders condemning that violence appropriately, these extremists are getting the message that making threats of violence is an acceptable way of doing business here," said Michael Hayden, a researcher with the nonprofit group that tracks far-right figures and organizations.


    Democratic Rep. Ross Smith, who is also Black, said Wilburn's experience has become more familiar.

    Smith, who represents Iowa City, says he has seen racist attempts at intimidation since he ran for the Iowa House in 2016. That year, he and other Black candidates received pamphlets from a group calling itself “The New KKK" that stated lynching is “for amateurs.”

    “It's not new. But the level of intensity has reached the next level," said Smith, who is seeking his party's nomination for governor.

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    Yawn. In a day or two we will all find out it was either him or some left wing loony who did this. Hell, was probably you Guno.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Yawn. In a day or two we will all find out it was either him or some left wing loony who did this. Hell, was probably you Guno.
    Poopeye, did you ship sink????????????
    Lock Him Up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Yawn. In a day or two we will all find out it was either him or some left wing loony who did this. Hell, was probably you Guno.
    Oh, sure. Because there is no more racism in America, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BartenderElite View Post
    Oh, sure. Because there is no more racism in America, right?
    No where near as much as you and others like to portray.

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