ROSWELL, N.M. —

Sometimes, all it takes is a single word to cause an uproar.

A door-cam video that has gotten a lot of attention online captured a terse exchange between a woman candidate for the Roswell school board who is a Democrat and a Republican woman who had once sought a seat in the state House of Representatives.

The school board candidate, Sarah McArthur, was going door-to-door to get votes. Instead, she got a chilly reception from Tracy De La Rosa.

When De La Rosa asked if she was affiliated with Emerge, an organization that recruits Democratic women to run for elective office. McArthur said yes.

De La Rosa then said, "We don't want Emerge candidates in New Mexico."

Then, to her deep regret after the fact, McArthur's response included a word that is considered to be a slur

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