A local school board election in New Jersey turned into a culture war after two candidates’ racist and anti-Muslim social media posts were discovered.

Hamilton Township candidates Richard Crockett and Sherry Morency both apparently engaged in discriminatory practices on social media.

According to Community News Morency, “posted a meme that criticized then-President Barack Obama for inviting Rev. Al Sharpton to the White House.”

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Crockett commented on her post saying, “N-Word Muslim President and a F*ckng Pig Race-Baiter, what happens to this once GREAT COUNTRY???” [sic].

Community News reported a long history of posts and comments from them that detailed racist and anti-muslim sentiment.

However, Morency said that the posts don’t belong to her and blamed it on “hackers.”

“I have a lot of black and Hispanic, and also I have Islam in my family. So that’s not something that I would want to post on my Facebook page,” Morency said.

Crockett also denied making the comments and posts on social media by saying, “Oh my God, of course not.”

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The candidates said they wanted to focus on the local issue instead of the social media controversy.