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Black guy wins election by running as white guy

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If you have any doubts that we still live in Emmett Till’s America, this story will erase them completely.

KHOU in Houston, TX:

Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.

“I’d always said it was a long shot,” Wilson says. “No, I didn’t expect to win…”

As a liberal black Democrat running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly white Republicans, the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him.

Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found “disgusting.” If a black guy didn’t have a chance in a mostly Caucasian district, Wilson would lead voters to think he’s white.

Wilson, a gleeful political troublemaker, printed direct mail pieces strongly implying that he’s white. His fliers were decorated with photographs of smiling Caucasian faces — which he readily admits he just lifted off websites — and captioned with the words “Please vote for our friend and neighbor Dave Wilson.”

And he won! Those racist hayseed crackers voted for him because they thought he was white. I wish I could’ve seen their dumb faces when they realized he’s a black dude.

Good for you, Dave!

Correction: As I’ve just been informed by my colleague Patrick Howley, Dave Wilson is white and implied he was black. The DC Trawler regrets the error, and the very existence of deceitful racists like Dave Wilson. Shame on you, Wilson!

(Hat tip: The Blaze)

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