Source: New York Post
California Democrats are facing backlash over a political mailer depicting a Latina Republican candidate as a banana sticker, with the Orange County GOP blasting the image as a racially degrading attack. The mailer, paid for by the California Democratic Party, targets Gracey Van Der Mark, a Huntington Beach City Council member and Republican candidate for California’s 72nd Assembly District. The front features a cluster of bananas with Van Der Mark’s face placed on a sticker resembling the Chiquita banana logo, alongside the message: “There’s a word for Gracey Van Der Mark’s Extreme Agenda…” 4 Huntington Beach Mayor Grace Van Der Mark is the subject of a racially degrading attack, per the Orange County GOP.