Sam Nunberg, an adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was fired over racially charged Facebook posts, Bloomberg Politics reported on Sunday.
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— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) August 2, 2015
Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, confirmed to CNN that Nunberg was no longer with the campaign.
In Facebook posts dating back to 2007 surfaced by Business Insider on Friday, Nunberg referred to President Obama as a “Socialist Marxist Islamo Fascist Nazi Appeaser” and a “Pan Arabist Marxist Muslim,” according to Business Insider. He also reportedly referenced conspiracy theories that Obama was born in Kenya, once noting that “Obama is not getting universal “Kenyan health care.”
Nunberg also called Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughter a “N—!” and criticized Republican politicians, calling New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a “fat slob who should register as a Democrat,” according to Business Insider.
When asked about the Facebook posts, Nunberg told Business Insider, “I’m shocked and I don’t recall them,” adding that he was not working for Trump when the messages were posted to Facebook.
