User talk:PR4PR

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Anthony Portantino
I undid your edit to Anthony Portantino. While the content is true, you seem to have left out important facts such as Sinanyan's apology and the rapid removal of the endorsements. Also, using "fraudulently" is wp:synthesis on your part as it is not used in the citation. "Fraudulently" is a libelous term and should be used with extreme caution. Please read wp:blp. I would suggest toning it down as well, keep it encyclopedic not tabloidic. I would encourage you to put this information on the page, but the amount should not overwhelm the rest of the article. See wp:due Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 23:19, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Controversy
In 2013, Portantino endorsed Zareh Sinanyan for City Council in Glendale. . That same year, it came out that Sinanyan had made repeated racist and homophobic remarks online, using slurs to describe gays, threatening rape, making fun of Mexican-Americans, and calling people of African descent, "monkeys." The controversy caused most of Sinanyan's supporters to withdraw their endorsement of him, but Portantino did not. Sinanyan has subsequently endorsed Portantino, who is running against a trailblazing woman of African American heritage. .

In 2015, it was revealed that Portantino had posted a campaign website fraudulently containing the endorsements of individuals who had not endorsed him.