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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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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is also being actively promoted as a 'Bastion' toward conservatives and racists, the way New Hampshire... was... kind of still is? similarly seen by Libertarians.

Oh, and Idaho is attempting to become Greater Idaho, with many of the red, sparsely populated counties of Oregon passing referendums to leave Oregon and join Idaho, with Eastern Washington as the next phase of that plan.

Oh and also also, a huge amount of the 90s militia movement was concentrated in Idaho and around events that sparked there.

The Ruby Ridge standoff happened there in 92.

The Oklahoma City Bombings were done partly to avenge what happened in Ruby Ridge.

In 2020 the so called 'Bundy Ranch Sniper', leader of a 3%er 'militia' ran for Senate in Idaho.

etc, etc, basically, the Idaho militia movement never died, it just went underground and then came out very openly thanks to Trump.

Racism, religious extremism, gun rights fanaticism ... that's pretty much everywhere in Idaho.

They're not going to be 'doing better' any time soon.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the greater Idaho thing. Apparently Idaho said they didn't want the counties in Oregon. Those votes were always stunts anyway.

The sad thing is that Idaho is some really nice land. Rivers, lakes, waterfalls. Shame really.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

Same for Utah. The politics are as ugly as the land is beautiful, and it sucks.