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TexasTowelie

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Sat Oct 29, 2016, 04:07 AM Oct 2016

GOP gubernatorial candidate Eric Holcomb under fire after declining interview with black newspaper

Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb came under fire Friday after a prominent black newspaper accused him of snubbing the minority community.

The Indianapolis Recorder published a column Friday taking to task the Republican candidate for governor for declining interview requests over a period of two weeks ahead of the 11,000-circulation newspaper's special Nov. 3 political issue. Holcomb's campaign cited scheduling conflicts.

"The fact that Holcomb and his staff don’t see or understand the importance of being available to the minority community says that there is either a lack of respect or a total disregard for this publication and the tens of thousands of people who read it on a weekly basis," Indianapolis Recorder President Shannon Williams wrote.

She concluded: "Shame on Eric Holcomb for snubbing the minority community."

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/28/eric-holcomb-under-fire-after-declining-interview-black-newspaper/92899634/

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Eric Holcomb under fire after declining interview with black newspaper (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
Holcomb is good at this Sadie5 Oct 2016 #1

Sadie5

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1. Holcomb is good at this
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 10:22 PM
Oct 2016

He is rich(money) and in a Republican state he intends to be Governor and follow Pence/Daniels guidelines. If elected, which is unlikely, he will put his stupid opinions against the Gay, black community and education as Pence/Daniels have done. Pence used religion to govern his flock and he failed.

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