"I'm not making this up, you know."
There was a meet the candidates forum for candidates running for the state legislature in district 6 in Idaho, and when one of the audience members asked about discrimination in the state, the incumbent state senator Dan Forman, a Republican (Of course), said that there was none in the state.
I guess that he's never experienced any discrimination, because he's white,
Christian, and a bigot
When Trish Carter-Goodheart called him out on this, noting that just because
he never felt discriminated against it does not mean that there is no
discrimination, and that she had experienced discrimination and bigotry many
times in her life and in Idaho.
His response was to tell her to go back from where she came from.
Needless to say, Ms. Carter-Goodhear, a member of the Nez Perce, whose ancestors were in North America when Mr. Forman's ancestors were running naked through the woods of Europe painting their bodies blue, was unimpressed.
A bipartisan forum in a small Latah County community took a turn when Republican Senate incumbent Dan Foreman stormed out of the event, following a racist outburst directed at a Native American candidate.
On Tuesday, local Democrat and Republican representatives organized a “Meet your candidates” forum in the northern Idaho town of Kendrick. Three contenders from each party vying for District 6 legislative seats - one senate and two house representatives positions - answered questions submitted by audience members.
When asked if discrimination existed in Idaho, conservative Sen. Dan Foreman said no.
In a statement released Wednesday, Democratic candidate for House Seat A and member of the Nez Perce tribe Trish Carter-Goodheart said she pushed back on that idea when it was her turn to speak, pointing to her own experience and the history of white supremacy groups in Northern Idaho.
“[J]ust because someone hasn’t personally experienced discrimination, doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Racism and discrimination are real issues here in Idaho, as anyone familiar with our state’s history knows,” the statement read. “I highlighted our weak hate crime laws and mentioned the presence of the Aryan Nations in northern Idaho as undeniable evidence of this reality.”
Foreman stood up and angrily interjected, using an expletive to criticize what he cast as the liberal bent of the response, according to the release and people present at the forum.
Carter-Goodheart said he then told her she should go back to where she came from, and heatedly stormed off. One event organizer and two other panelists confirmed Carter-Goodheart’s account, adding Foreman appeared very agitated.
(Emphasis Mine)
This sort of sh%$ is why I could never be a political humorist. This is
beyond my capacity for mockery.
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