The Sheridan County Republican Party published a racist post on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon, using a racial slur and several derogatory stereotypes about Black Americans to describe former President Donald Trump’s candidacy, before deleting the post about 45 minutes later.
The post references a campaign stop that Trump made Sunday in suburban Philadelphia, where he staffed the fry station of a McDonald’s.
The post on Sheridan County Republican Party’s Facebook included a still image from a local television station’s coverage of that day. In the image, an apron-clad Trump is standing next to a sign that says “This McDonald’s is locally owned and operated.”
Below the image is a racial slur.
“Trump is even more of a n****r candidate now” it reads. The slur was crossed out in the post.
Several bullet points are included underneath the text including, “gold plated everything with his name on it,” “multiple baby mamas,” “mugshot,” “34 felonies,” “got shot” and “worked at McDonald’s for a day and quit.”
It also included “dindu nuffin,” which is a derogatory contraction of the words “didn’t do nothing,” according to Hatebase, a website that tracks hate speech.
The Sheridan GOP captioned the post: “While really not a thing in Wyoming, you must admit this is rather funny.”
A reverse Google-image search traces the post back to a far-right online forum that’s popular with extremists and frequently hosts violent, antisemitic and racist content, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
A screen capture of a post on the Facebook page for the Sheridan County Republican Party. The post was published Tuesday afternoon and was deleted about 45 minutes later. (Screenshot/Sheridan County Republican Party Facebook page)
Party response
Sheridan County GOP Chairman Bryan Miller said the post was removed because it was “inappropriate” and did not represent the party.
Miller, who was not aware of the post until WyoFile initially contacted him, said he does not run the party’s social media accounts. Instead, that’s the responsibility of the organization’s “communications team.”
“I called and talked to our team, and one of the folks thought it was funny. I said, ‘I don’t think it is, get rid of it.’ And they did,” Miller said.
Miller declined to share more details about who is on the communications team, or who published the post.
“We do not share the names of our folks who do our posting and all that because people here and across the state, they end up doxing them and doing all that crap,” Miller said. “And I will not do that to my people, even when they screw up.”
The post comes two weeks before Election Day, when Trump is expected to handily win Wyoming’s three Electoral College votes against Vice President Kamala Harris. Several polls indicate a tight race in other states as the two candidates head into their final campaigning days.
“Bottom line is, it was inappropriate, and so [I] had it removed because it’s not representative of Sheridan County,” Miller told WyoFile. “It’s that simple. There’s nothing more to it.”
Miller said the role of the organization’s Facebook page has been to “get information out to people,” since he said there’s usually not enough media attention given to the business of the county party.
When asked what information is important for people to have right now, Miller said, “nothing in particular, other than people need to get out and vote.”
Early voting is underway in Wyoming. The general election is Nov. 5.
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