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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota lawmaker apologized Monday, saying he was rightly held accountable for his tweet about NBA players that was seen by some as racist. Rep. Pat Garofalo, a fifth-term Republican from the St. Paul suburb of Farmington, tweeted Sunday night: ''Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime,'' Garofalo tweeted Sunday night. About three-fourths of the NBA's players are black, according to a 2013 report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. ''The NBA has many examples of players and owners who are role models for our communities and for our country.
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