13 controversial Facebook posts by Gwinnett Commissioner Tommy Hunter
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HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM
Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter, seen here at a Jan. 17 meeting, has sparked backlash with his Facebook post calling civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis a “racist pig.” He’s also written several other controversial Facebook posts.
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The post that sparked the backlash against Hunter was written on Jan. 14, 2017, amid a well-publicized feud between Lewis and then-president-elect Donald Trump. Hunter also refers to Democrats as “Demonrats.”
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In a comment on another person’s Jan. 16, 2016, post on his wall, Hunter addressed reports of Spanish-language ballots being requested for Gwinnettians by saying that “candidates names are the same regardless of what language it’s in.”
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In an April 20, 2016, post sharing an article about former Major League Baseball star Curt Schilling being fired from ESPN after he posted a controversial picture commenting on North Carolina’s “bathroom bill,” Hunter asks his followers to “help me out” with compiling “anti-transgender memes or statements.”
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In another post from April 20, 2016, Hunter comments on news that abolitionist Harriet Tubman would be added to the $20 bill.
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In a July 8, 2016, post, Hunter appears to try and draw a connection between Hillary Clinton and the shooting deaths of several police officers in Dallas, Texas.
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In a July 29, 2016, post, Hunter shares a Bible verse and dubs it “God’s condemnation of liberals.”
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In a post from Aug. 20, 2016, Hunter referred to Hillary Clinton as “Hildabeast.”
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In an Aug. 23, 2016, post, Hunter argued that “colored people” was not a racial slur. The post was in reaction to “Good Morning America” anchor and Gwinnett native Amy Robach’s use of the word on-air.
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In a Sept. 8, 2016, post, Hunter called then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton "one of the ugliest women in the world.”
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In a comment on his own post from Nov. 29, 2016, Hunter uses the word “libtard,” a pejorative term for liberals.
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In a post from Dec. 1, 2016, Hunter suggested former presidential candidate Jill Stein should be appointed as ambassador “to Syria or Afghanistan or somewhere like that.”
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In a Dec. 19, 2016, post, Hunter proclaims himself an “angry white man.”
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In a Dec. 31, 2016, post, Hunter shared an observation about the University of Alabama football team.
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