Targeted by white supremacists, lawmaker seeks solidarity

Early last week, Rep. Manny Espitia’s friend – Nashua Alderman Tom Lopez – told him that white supremacists had left a tag on a community mural near the rail trail, in a neighborhood that is predominantly Latino.

The messages included “Keep New England White,” “Defend New England,” and “Death to Israel.”

Espitia’s first reaction was to publicly denounce those messages.

“I immediately posted,” he said. He wanted to tell people, “Hey, this is real. This is happening.”

In part, that’s because of an attitude in New Hampshire that racism doesn’t exist here, Espitia said. It’s an attitude that he has become familiar with since he moved to the state in 2015.

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