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Antigay politician says he’s really sorry for tweeting “Where the white women at?” to Black sheriff

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Meet Cyrus Western.He’s an antigay, er, “family values” state legislator from Wyoming who recently came under fire for congratulating his state’s first Black sheriff, Albany County Sheriff Aaron Appelhans, on his new appointment by tweeting a racist GIF.The GIF was from the movie Blazing Saddles and featured actor Cleavon Little, playing a Black sheriff, asking, “Where the white women at?”Casper Star-Tribune reports:Western, who deleted his tweet after an outpouring of criticism, said that it was intended to be a reference to the film and was not intended to disparage Appelhans.

In the film, Little played protagonist Sheriff Bart, a former slave who challenges the racist sensibilities of an all-white town in a satirical lampooning of the.

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