KELOland is reporting that House Democrats in South Dakota are calling on Representative Logan Manhart to apologize over his “white boy summer” post on instagram. (not to confuse it with his latest social media post defending white men.)
Manhart said in a now deleted Instagram post on July 4 “It’s white boy summer and the boys are back in charge.”
The South Dakota House Democratic Caucus sent a letter to Speaker of the House Jon Hansen and Majority Leader Scott Odenbach calling for Manhart to make a public apology.
“We are calling for Representative Manhart to issue a meaningful public apology —not a deflection, not a ‘sorry if you were offended,’ but a clear and direct acknowledgment of how his comment was wrong, who it hurt, and how he intends to grow from this moment,” the letter, signed by five Democratic state lawmakers said.
and..
“Dismissing that post is sending a message that hate and exclusion is welcome from elected officials, and it shouldn’t be,” Healy said. “We believe that government should serve everyone and not just a powerful few.”
Representative Logan Manhart needs to be censured by Governor Rhoden and SDGOP legislative leadership! Otherwise their silence demonstrates they condone Manhart’s actions and beliefs in this matter.
Congressman now candidate for Governor Dusty Johnson?
Candidate for Governor Toby Doeden?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune?
Senator Mike Rounds?
He works for Doeden. He won’t say jack squat
Send them a couple of Travis Ismay’s white pride month posts. Might as well drag all the racists into the light.
Travis Ismay posted White Pride? Seriously?
Pat powers can link to it I’m sure
https://dakotawarcollege.com/28b-house-candidate-travis-ismay-apparently-observes-white-history-month-why-do-we-have-these-guys-stinking-up-the-place/
Wow!
Democrats just need to go field competent candidates to challenge him out.
Problem is Democrats in Northeast South Dakota are not trusted here anymore ever since Jennifer Sleight Hansen was shunned by her own party for trying to shake things up there.
Representative Manhart will run for reelection and will likely win another term here.
What needs to stop right now is Pat Powers to stop criticizing people in his own party. If I’m Democratic leadership, I would save everything derogatory he’s said about him, Toby, Jon, & others.and use it against them if they make it out of the June Primaries.
What’s Pat going to say, Democrats are saying things out of context. If he does, he will be the biggest hypocrite South Dakota has in this state.
Scott, I will stop criticizing people in the GOP when they figure out not to do stupid things. And you erroneously assume a lot about who I would and would not support in the fall.
Maybe if republican candidates want to run for public office, they should rely on good ideas and decency rather than some weirdo code of silence.
Carnac the Great: “Liz May, Ismay, and dismay.”
“What is the S.D. House of Representatives?”
(I can’t claim credit for the line. A friend told me.)
Don’t count on Hansen or Odenbach to do anything. That’s there guy. Look how they handled Phil Jensen.
They will do nothing and coddle their minions.