A Nevada lawmaker claimed racism was no longer a problem in the U.S., then used a racially offensive term to describe a black colleague. While defending a proposed voter I.D. law, Republican assemblywoman Michele Fiore referred to Democrat Harvey Munford as a "colored man" shortly after imploring people to "stop using the race card."
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