A die-hard Trumper in Florida says he was discriminated against by a right-wing political advocacy group, claiming he was called a “slave” during his 12 days with the organization before it fired him for complaining.

Carl Baxter, who is Black, is suing Americans for Prosperity, the nonprofit “grassroots” conservative operation established by Charles and David Koch, the billionaire siblings and hard-line climate change deniers.

Baxter serves as president of the Republican Club of North & East Fort Myers, and is not at all shy about his outsized affection for Donald Trump. He can be seen on social media at Trump appearances, waving a MAGA flag at a “Trump Truck Parade,” at charity galas giving the camera a Trumpian “thumbs-up,” and donning a red MAGA hat and posing with, among others, a county tax collector who has come out as a vociferous opponent of critical race theory.

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    4 months ago

    It’s their wealth that’s the problem, not them personally. The wealth won’t be broken up when they die. It just goes to someone else, who will be in the same position as them and will act similarly.

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      4 months ago

      Happens more often than not. Trump’s billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson died three years ago and now his wife is giving even larger sums to Trump.