The Lee County Republican Party is calling for county commissioner candidate Sonny Haas to leave the party after an email surfaced targeting Cubans and Black people.
The email also included the use of the "n" word.
Lee County Republicans call for commissioner candidate to leave party after racial slur email
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TAKEN.
THEY’RE WORTH ABOUT15-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IF YOU KNOWANYTHING, CALL CRIME STOPPERS.THE LEE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTYIS CALLING FOR COUNTYCOMMISSONER CANDIATE SONNY HAASTO LEAVE THE PARTY AFTER HEREFERENCED RACIAL SLURS IN ANEMAIL TARGETING CUBANS ANDBLACKS.HAAS’ COMMENTS REFERRED TOSECTION EIGHT HOUSING IN LEHIGHACRES.HE USED THE N-WORD AND SAIDCUBANS WERE COLONIZING THE CITY.HOWEVER- HAAS SAYS THOSE WORDSWERE NOT HIS OWN BUT SOMEONEELSE’S.WE ASKED HIM TO NAME WHO HE WASQUOTING, BUT HE REFUSED.HAAS APOLOGIZED BUT SAID HE HASNO PLANS TO DROP OUT OF THERACE-THE LEE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTYSAYS "HIS ASSOCIATION WITH OURPARTY WAS HIS OWN AND IF THEREWAS A MECHANISM BY WHICH