House District 58 candidate Gil Sanchez says he has contacted the Tampa Police Department and the FBI about what his camp calls a racist comment sent to his Facebook page Sunday afternoon.
Sanchez says that the comment was posted on his Facebook page in response to a YouTube campaign video ad in which the candidate is speaking Spanish (Sanchez, who is bilingual, also posted a similar YouTube ad that features him speaking in English).
The post in question written by a man who identifies himself as Studebaker Cade, reads as listed below:
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2010.