A Democratic candidate for an Illinois county board has withdrawn from the race after backlash over her tweet saying she laughed repeatedly at a video showing a law enforcement officer hit in the face by a projectile, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Hadiya Afzal, 20 — who won the March primary for the DuPage County board's District 4 seat — wrote on Twitter, "I've been watching this on repeat for fifteen minutes and laughing every single time," the paper said.
The video in question shows what appears to be an officer at a protest throwing an object off-screen while behind a barricade wall and then recoiling after getting hit in the face by a projectile, the Tribune said.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called Afzal's tweet "hateful & sick."
Hateful & sick. Does @JoeBiden agree? Will any reporter ask him? https://t.co/flUCbRneXu— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz)1595780361.0
Cruz reacted to a tweet from conservative journalist Andy Ngo who said the video was from the Portland riots, the paper reported. The leftist rioters have been at it nightly for about two months and have been attacking a federal courthouse as well as federal officers using explosive devices and lasers that have left some agents blinded.
The Tribune said that after extensive online criticism, Afzal on Sunday night tweeted: "My post was in poor taste and doesn't reflect the values I was raised with and hold dear. I do not support or condone violence in any form. I appreciate and support the role that law enforcement plays in keeping our communities safe. I sincerely apologize for the irresponsible tweet."
But on her Facebook page, Afzal said the attention her tweet generated included "a wave of coordinated racist, sexist, and Islamaphobic harassment against me," the paper noted.
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