The post above from State Representative Logan Manhart has certainly roiled South Dakota legislative politics for it’s racially tinged undertones, as well as drawing attention to other racially charged social media coming from Manhart..
.. but what about the other Toby Doeden campaign worker in the picture? Innocent bystander?
As noted in a story that came out this morning from the Dakota Scout, the other person is identified as Matt Hurley, Toby Doeden’s campaign manager:
Also appearing in the photo posted with the “White Boy Summer” caption was Matt Hurley, campaign manager for Republican gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden. Doeden’s campaign also did not respond to a request for comment.
Well.. maybe a bystander, but hardly innocent. You might recognize him from other campaigns he’s worked on that also were affected by racially charged language:
Senior staff members in the office of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina have said they will resign Tuesday, becoming the latest people to abandon Robinson, the state’s Republican nominee for governor, in the wake of a CNN report that linked him to disturbing comments on a porn site.
and..
On Wednesday morning, Robinson told other Republicans around the state in a virtual meeting that he had hired Matt Hurley to be his new campaign manager, according to two people briefed on the decision who were not authorized to speak publicly. Hurley is also a senior political strategist at Southeastern Strategies. He has repeatedly advocated for Robinson on social platform X.
Hurley told county chairs in the meeting that he had previously worked on Robinson’s team and that he would be announcing new staff hires soon.
and..
According to the CNN report, Robinson wrote on a porn site years ago that he was a “black NAZI,” that he enjoyed watching transgender pornography and that slavery was not bad. He also recounted on the site how he went “peeping” on women in public gym showers as a teenager.
Hurley is the one who came in to run the show AFTER the whole “black Nazi” thing erupted. In one post to social media, Hurley claimed “Mark Robinson is certainly the most misunderstood leader I have ever seen or met.” Which is one way to put it. And that’s the person who was brought in from out of state to be placed in charge of the Toby Doeden for Governor campaign.
With Doeden happily affiliating himself with Manhart..
.. don’t expect much in the way of consequences when Toby’s campaign worker Logan Manhart continues to be unapologetic.
Don’t expect Toby Doeden to acknowledge his team member Manhart’s screw up and too-often comments about whiteness at all. Because that’s what they do. Because Team Doeden has a track record of openly running towards and embracing those who offend practically everyone else in the world.
And here we are, slightly less that 1 year out from the election.
It’s all just so sordid.
It is all who you surround yourself with. Telling that tubby employs both!
Toady Doughbin