USA: Racist gesture lands US Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez in hot water

US Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez made a racist gesture towards the Native American community during a speech at a California Democratic Party convention in Anaheim, Saturday. The slip in public image comes just three days after the congresswoman announced that she will run for the US Senate. While describing an encounter with a Democrat supporter from the Native American community, she stated: "I am going to his office, thinking that I am going to meet with a...", then raising her hand to her mouth and making a whooping sound, a cliche imitation of a Native American war cry. Sanchez has since apologised for the remark, and will continue to run in the elections for the US Senate set for November 8, 2016.