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Football Coach Canned for Racist Tweet About Stacey Abrams

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He called her “Fat Albert” in a derogatory post that he deleted—but not in time.

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A college football coach who tweeted racist insults about Stacey Abrams is out of a job. The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga fired offensive line coach Chris Malone after he reacted to Democrats’ wins in Georgia’s Senate runoffs by referring to Abrams as “Fat Albert” in a taunting tweet. Malone deleted the post but not before screenshots were circulated on social media—and Chattanooga’s coach and athletic director responded with a statement calling the tweet “appalling” and “unacceptable,” and a pink slip.

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