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Boise Public Radio reports:
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. 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.
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.
Carter-Goodheart has issued a statement:
Last night, I entered what should have been a respectful and constructive public candidate forum. Instead, I was met with hateful, racist remarks from State Senator Dan Foreman, who screamed at me to “go back where you came from.”
Racism and discrimination are real issues here in Idaho, as anyone familiar with our state’s history knows. I highlighted our weak hate crime laws and mentioned the presence of the Aryan Nations in northern Idaho as undeniable evidence of this reality.
That’s when Sen. Foreman lost all control. His words to me: “I’m so sick and tired of this liberal b*llsh*t! Why don’t you go back to where you came from?!”
I stayed. I stayed because I wanted to show our community that I can, and will, handle difficult, unpleasant situations. After the forum, several members of the crowd came up to me and offered their support, apologizing for Sen. Foreman’s behavior. But it’s not the people in the crowd who need to apologize.
Foreman last appeared here when he introduced a bill that classify abortion as first degree murder. His bill called for charging both the doctor and patient.
He is also a climate change denier and claims that the separation of church and state should not exist.
Foreman and his wife have seven children and 20 grandchildren. At the end of the video report below, you’ll see Foreman screaming about abortion outside a hearing with high school students about….birth control.
It’s not just the racism y’all, it’s the stupidity.
North Idaho senator yells ‘go back to where you came from’ at Native American candidate – Idaho Statesman https://t.co/OnXG8Hp9np
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) October 4, 2024