Joe Walsh: I Got Booted From My Radio Show Simply For Using The N-Word!

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 14 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 9, 2012 photo, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep Joe Walsh makes a point during a debate with his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in Rolling Meadows, Il... ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, OCT. 14 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 9, 2012 photo, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep Joe Walsh makes a point during a debate with his Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Walsh, a tea party favorite with a history of headline-grabbing comments, and Duckworth, an Iraq veteran and former helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in combat, have engaged in a series of contentious debates in their run in Illinois' 8th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Patrick Kunzer) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, TV OUT MORE LESS
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Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) said he was kicked off his own radio show Thursday, apparently because he used racial slurs on-air while discussing the Washington Redskins’ name dispute.

Walsh, a Tea Party darling who was unseated by Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), hosts “The Joe Walsh Show” on Chicago’s WIND-AM. The former congressman live-tweeted his interactions with station management when they apparently began cutting to commercials each time he used a racial slur, including the n-word.

Later he tweeted that he was taken off the air “until further notice:”

h/t Raw Story

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