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  Maryland House of Delegates Censures Mary Ann Lisanti for Using Racist Slur
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Feb 28, 2019 09:26pm
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AuthorChristina Caron and Liam Stack
News DateThursday, February 28, 2019 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Maryland House of Delegates voted on Thursday to censure a white Democratic state delegate who admitted to using a racist slur during an after-hours gathering with her colleagues.

The delegate, Mary Ann Lisanti, who represents southern Harford County, near Baltimore, apologized on Tuesday in a statement for using “an insensitive and hurtful word” several weeks ago, but declined to say what that word was.

According to The Washington Post, Ms. Lisanti, 51, told another white lawmaker that when he had been campaigning for a candidate in Prince George’s County in the fall, he had been door-knocking in a “nigger district.”

A growing number of lawmakers have called on Ms. Lisanti to resign. On Thursday evening, the House of Delegates approved a measure censuring her, saying her behavior had “brought dishonor to the entire General Assembly of Maryland.”
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