L.A. Mayor to Answer Limbaugh’s Race Swipe - (thought he was a shoeshine guy)

Hey, you know what’s a riot? Comparing one of the country’s foremost Latino politicians to “a shoeshine guy” because of his race.

A spokesman for Antonio Villaraigosa says the Los Angeles mayor is planning a statement in response to an ethnically-flavored drive-by served up by Rush Limbaugh yesterday. [Update: Villaraigosa’s press secretary says there won’t be a statement after all; meanwhile, the head of the National Hispanic Media Coalition calls Limbaugh’s remark “nasty, bigoted [and] racist.”"*

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