Governor accuses Dem Senator Shawn Bordeaux of racist comments towards Secretary of Tribal Relations. Again.

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From Austin Goss at Dakota News Now, it looks like the next Senator to be brought up for discipline may be State Senator Shawn Bordeaux who apparently has an issue with Secretary Flute, continually referring to him as an “apple,” a derogatory term towards native Americans:

This wouldn’t be the first time Bordeaux was accused of racism, and not the first time he’s been accused of using this term directed at Flute. As noted in the Argus Leader back in 2021, it’s part of what got him kicked off the State-Tribal relations panel:

“To be frank, it’s his racist behavior that caused numerous conflicts, and because of his racist conduct, there needed to be different leadership without a doubt,” Schoenbeck Saturday said of Bordeaux, now the former chairman of the State-Tribal Relations Committee.

Schoenbeck said the beef with Bordeaux goes back to a 2019 committee meeting the Rosebud Sioux tribal member was chairing in which an apple was used to insult a Native American member of Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration. The term “apple,” Schoenbeck said, is used to insult Native Americans perceived to be “red on the outside and white on the inside.”

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While Bordeaux confirmed the incident, he denied he was directly involved. He said during his first meeting as chairman of the committee in fall 2019, a visitor to the meeting held up an apple while alluding to South Dakota State-Tribal Relations Secretary David Flute, a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe who was notably absent.

Read it here.

Looks like the Committee on Discipline and Expulsion might need to plan on more meetings.

8 thoughts on “Governor accuses Dem Senator Shawn Bordeaux of racist comments towards Secretary of Tribal Relations. Again.”

  1. I guess I assumed that a Democrat from Mission with a French surname was a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe?

  2. Maybe Governor Noem and Senator Schoenbeck will have the “balls” to drive out and replace all of the duly elected “pond scum” and “wackadoodles” who’ve ever been accused of crude language or name-calling.

    Why bother with elections at all?

  3. Is it time to have a Standing Committee on Discipline? Or maybe we all need to not be so woke and grow some thick skin. Emotions can run high, and yes there are plenty of idiots running around saying stupid stuff, but are we really going to be so sensitive and run everything to disciplinary committee every time we’re offended?

    2. If you ask me, throwing around slurs of any type is counterproductive to our legislators efficiently using their time and our attention on our dime. Would you agree that’s a problem worth attempting to resolve?

  4. Meanwhile, not a single Repub has the balls to call out their dear leader and disgraced former POTUS for the insults and slams he spouts multiple times a
    day.

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