Unhinged Dem candidate preaching ‘safe schools’ calls voter ‘MAGA f*ggot’

A Democrat school board candidate in Roswell has ignited outrage after being caught calling a voter—and by extension, conservative residents—“MAGA f*ggots” while canvassing for votes.

The October 10 confrontation occurred when Sarah McArthur, a far-left candidate running for Roswell Municipal Schools Board District 1, visited the home of Tracy DeLaRosa, a local voter. According to DeLaRosa, McArthur approached her home while campaigning door-to-door when the conversation quickly turned political.

DeLaRosa said she asked McArthur whether she was affiliated with EMERGE, a Democrat-aligned group that recruits and trains far-left progressive women to run for office in New Mexico. McArthur confirmed she was, which prompted DeLaRosa to express her concerns about the organization’s radical positions.

According to DeLaRosa’s October 11 Facebook post, McArthur responded with a homophobic slur directed at Trump supporters and conservatives in Chaves County.

“Yesterday, school board district 1 candidate Sarah McArthur called her opponent (and the 72% of Chaves County voters who voted for Trump) ‘MAGA FAG*OTS,’” DeLaRosa wrote. “On my last post I was told by her to please not speak for her, so I’ll let her words speak for themselves. She said she’s glad it’s on camera.”

McArthur, who previously chaired the Chaves County Democratic Party, has been a longtime figure in progressive organizing in southeastern New Mexico. She also briefly ran for Roswell City Council District 2 before withdrawing her candidacy.

Her campaign website highlights a long list of leftist policy priorities under the guise of “academic freedom” and “inclusive learning.” Among her platform points are banning public funding for private education, promoting “secular” instruction free from religious influence, expanding on-campus mental health and social work programs, and mandating taxpayer investment in “environmentally sustainable” schools.

While McArthur claims she supports “safe and inclusive environments,” critics say her slur against Trump supporters exposes deep hypocrisy. Her remarks insult not only her opponent but the overwhelming majority of Chaves County voters—nearly three-fourths of whom supported Donald Trump in 2020.

McArthur’s political ties extend beyond Roswell. Her son, Dylan McArthur, serves as campaign manager for far-left Democrat Deb Haaland, who is now seeking the governorship of New Mexico. Haaland, currently U.S. Secretary of the Interior under Joe Biden, has been one of the most polarizing figures in the administration for her radical environmental and cultural policies.

Local residents and Republican leaders are calling McArthur’s behavior disgraceful and unbecoming of someone seeking to serve on a public school board. Several community members have said the incident demonstrates the growing hostility of progressive activists toward conservative parents and voters.

With early voting underway, the scandal has become a flashpoint in the Roswell school board race, raising questions about civility, professionalism, and whether radical partisanship has any place in local education.