It was not immediately clear who sent the messages, and there is no complete list of whom they were delivered to.
“My initial reaction was probably like disbelief, like I thought it was like a joke,” said Jones, who forwarded the text message to loved ones.
The “racist and vile spam text messages” have also spread to Louisiana, Republican state Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed said Thursday via X.
And in Washington, DC, the attorney general’s office also is “aware of racist text messages being sent to residents there, condemning them unequivocally,” spokesperson Gabriel Shoglow-Rubenstein said.
If you believe your safety is at risk, please contact local law enforcement,” he said in a statement to CNN.
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