Republican lawmaker's 'racist' anti-Kwanzaa post slammed by his own constituents

The Kwanzaa holiday is now officially in full swing, but one Republican state senator from Arizona is publicly railing against it on social media.

In a December 26 post to his X account, senator T.J. Shope — who represents parts of Pinal, Pima and Maricopa Counties — slammed Kwanzaa as a "fake anti-American, anti-Christian 'holiday' celebrated by our governor," and included a photo of a Kwanzaa display at the state capitol in Phoenix set up by the office of Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs.