Georgia Lawmaker RECANTS 'Go Back Where You Came From' CLAIM

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"A Georgia state lawmaker has walked back a significant part of her viral claim that a white man told her to "go back where you came from" during a testy argument in a supermarket checkout lane, after the man denied the encounter unfolded the way she described.
"The episode, hot on the heels of a national controversy over President Trump's remarks directed at four progressive Democrats, quickly made the rounds on social media.
"Multiple news organizations on Sunday portrayed the episode as a plausible instance of racism, though the lawmaker already had tried to clarify her accusations."

Video posted by Erica Thomas contains profanity

. . .  He said, 'go back,' you know, those types of words," Thomas said on Saturday. "I don't wanna say he said 'go back to your country,' or 'go back to where you came from,' but he was making those types of references, is what I remember."
"So, you don't remember exactly what he said?" a reporter pressed. 
 "Thomas answered: "No, no, definitely not. But I know it was 'go back,' because I know I told him to 'go back.'"
. . . 
"Sparkes has forcefully denied making the racially charged comment, and in a dramatic moment, showed up in the middle of a television news interview featuring Thomas outside the Atlanta-area Publix store where the initial confrontation had unfolded."

Erica Thomas Police Report Released: No Criminal Charges, She Told Him to "Go Back"  . . . "In other words, the footage shows that the Democratic lawmaker was the one with the aggressive, bullying body language. The supposed aggressor, on the other hand, appeared perfectly calm and even stepped back when the supposed victim approached him in what can be called an aggressive manner.

In fact, from the looks of it, Thomas did to Sparkes that which she accused him of doing to her.

"That's confirmed by an eye-witness report:" . . .