I suppose the one that comes to mind is Donald Trump saying people from Mexico are the worst and rapists. Oh, you said congressman, let me retract that.
Isn't the point of this article to say that prominent Republicans are being shadow banned? Not sure why OP to my comment asked if only (R) congressmen were calling people "spics." Is no one going to downvote a comment that clearly tries to obfuscate the original intention of the article? This is why karma on HackerNews is the worst form of cryptocurrency.