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Senator tells Native American candidate to go back to where she came from, storms out of public event (www.boisestatepublicradio.org)

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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.

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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 that discrimination existed in Idaho when it was her turn to speak, pointing to her own experience and the history of white supremacy groups in Northern Idaho.

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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.

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[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 50 points 1 day ago

Do better Idaho.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago

Idaho is seriously and deeply fucked up. It rivals Utah for being one of the areas most deeply under the grip of religious asshattery.

[-] Badabinski@kbin.earth 15 points 1 day ago

I live in Utah and have always viewed Idaho as Utah's crazier, unhinged hat. My favorite thing about Idaho is that you can buy liquor at a convenience store rather than only at a state-run liquor store.

Idaho has fundies, polygamists, and domestic terrorists out shitting in the woods. Utah only has two of those things!

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