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GOP Lawmaker Made Homophobic Slurs to Police

December 23, 2023 · 6:35 am ET · Leave a Comment

North Dakota state Rep. Nico Rios (R), who serves on a panel that handles law enforcement legislation, made homophobic and anti-migrant remarks to a police officer who arrested him on a charge of driving drunk, body camera footage shows, the Daily Mail reports.

Said Rios, from the backseat of the police cruiser: “Your country is being taken over by fucking migrants and refugees. You’re arresting me for driving home and people are coming to your country and raping your women.”

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