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'Make America White Again' campaign billboard sparks outrage in Tennessee
A Tennessee congressional candidate's controversial campaign billboard has been taken down after sparking outrage.
According to WRCB, Rick Tyler, who is running as an independent in Tennessee's 3rd District, recently put up a billboard with the words "Make America White Again" by U.S. Highway 411 in Polk County.
Tyler told WRCB that he hopes America will return to an "'Ozzie and Harriet,' 'Leave It to Beaver' time when there were no break-ins, no violent crime, no mass immigration."
When WRCB told Tyler that the station received several calls from outraged viewers about the sign, Tyler said, "I respect their right to have an opinion. I believe the majority of people in the county like it."
The billboard has since been taken down.
Tyler, who also put up a billboard with the words "I Have a Dream" over a picture of Confederate flags around the White House, said he has nothing against "people of color."
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, the Republican who currently holds the District 3 seat, issued a statement condemning the billboard and vowed to "vigorously fight any form of racism in the 3rd District of Tennessee or anywhere else in the nation."
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