Idaho republican wins the world irony championship, and wins it by a mile:
Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate ‘go back where you came from’
https://apnews.com/article/idaho-racist-outburst-senator-candidate-forum-49d9e3c56b056d8406c35b914a121ae9
I don’t think the state legislator necessarily meant a geographic location when he told the Native American lawmaker to go back to where she came from. Obviously she belongs there in that geographic spot
Maybe he meant that she doesn’t belong in government?
Maybe he was referring to an era— maybe he meant that he wants her to go back to being a second class citizen in the time when businesses in the western US posted signs that said “no Indians allowed”
ETA: Or— he was just having a temper tantrum. He’s a bully and he doesn’t have anything to offer except racist messages that necessarily will fail due to simple math. If you’re too exclusive, you undercut your support. What a dumbass. What an asshole.
Who knows what he was thinking. But his idiocy and hypocrisy is impressive. Almost trump like …