Texas County Commissioner’s ‘White Pride’ Facebook (Now Deleted) Moment

Apr 30, 2015
11:31 PM

Earlier this week, a Texas county commissioner decided to write this public Facebook post just hours after the U.S. mainstream media was pushing out images from Baltimore on a constant loop:

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An email to Latino Rebels yesterday included that screen shot. So we checked it out and discovered that John Gradberg is a Precinct 2 County Commissioner from Panola County. We also know that Gradberg’s Facebook post is no longer on Facebook. The Burnt Orange Report included some additional information about the post (he’s a Republican, what a surprise), but what else do you need to say?

You gotta love it when elected officials reveal their true public feelings during an era when the Internet is forever.