An independent candidate running for the U.S. House in Tennessee is raising eyebrows with a campaign sign that reads "Make America White Again."

Rick Tyler, running for the seat held by Rep. Chuck Fleischmann Charles (Chuck) Joseph FleischmannDemocrats may bring DHS bill to House floor GOP-Trump fractures on masks open up Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says public health threat of loneliness compounded by COVID-19; Trump says task force will 'evolve' MORE (R), told a local NBC affiliate that he doesn't have hatred in his heart for "people of color."

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He said the sign is meant to return America to a "1960s, 'Ozzie and Harriet,' 'Leave it to Beaver' time when there were no break-ins, no violent crime, no mass immigration."