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Boortz suggests renaming the “Swine Flu,” the “Fajita Flu”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 04/29/09 1:51 PM EDT

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Previously:

County Fair: Boortz on swine flu: “What better way to sneak a virus into this country than to give it to Mexicans?”

Boortz: “Muslims, making tortillas? ... [W]ith all of the illegal Mexicans in this country, we can't find some Mexicans to make those tortillas?”

Saying he was cited by “Media Morons,” Boortz again smears Mexicans: "[A]ny Mexican worth his salt would be able to" operate a floor buffer “without getting hurt”

Boortz's commentary on his inability to use a floor buffer: “I would make a lousy Mexican”

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