Chris Janicek, the Senate candidate who lost the support of the Nebraska Democratic Party this week after sending a sexually explicit text message about one of his campaign staff members, has also made racist comments in the past, according to four people who knew him or heard about the comments at the time. Ms. Jones, who is black, said that while she did not recall the full sentence with certainty, she remembered clearly that Mr. Janicek, who is white, had called her a “niglet” — a slur she had never heard before. While she and Mr. Janicek had mutual friends, she said, they had never interacted before that remark. “I definitely remember him calling me that and saying it in front of me so I could hear him, pretty unapologetically,” Ms. Jones said. I don’t remember every detail, but I remember how I felt.”

Source: New York Times June 17, 2020 21:11 UTC