Miami newspaper runs pro-Trump political ad filled with racial slurs

A newspaper in Miami, Florida is under fire after running several pro-Trump political ads filled with racial slurs.

The full-page ad, which ran on the back cover of the Miami New Times’ June 13–19 print edition, features several uncensored uses of the n-word, as well as a misleading quote of President Biden using the slur in 1985.

The quote was taken from a 1985 hearing in which then-Senator Biden quoted racist remarks made by a state legislator during a redistricting process in Louisiana. At the time, Biden was questioning William Bradford Reynolds, a nominee for deputy attorney general, who oversaw the redistricting process.

During the hearing, Biden read verbatim from a memo highlighting racist language used by lawmakers to support the redistricting plan. “We already have a n----- mayor, we don’t need any more n-----big shots!” Biden quoted a lawmaker as saying, before arguing that Reynolds had ignored racist comments by lawmakers and allowed them to gerrymander Louisiana’s congressional districts in a way that underrepresented Black residents.

A video of Biden’s comments also resurfaced during the 2020 election, with some social media users sharing edited clips to claim Biden used the n-word, and omitting the context.

It’s not clear who paid for the ad in the Miami New Times. However, it appeared to have been placed by “Blacks for Trump”, a right-wing group that’s often spotted behind the former president at his campaign rallies.

Maurice Symonette, who founded the group, told Axios that he stands by the ad, which also featured his and Trump’s mugshots side-by-side.

“I’ve heard a lot of white men quoting people but when they get to that word, every decent white person says ‘the n-word,’” he said.

Symonette, formerly