{"id":41734,"date":"2024-10-09T11:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=41734"},"modified":"2024-10-09T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:28:59","slug":"idaho-capital-sun-republican-tells-native-candidate-to-go-back-to-where-she-came-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/09\/idaho-capital-sun-republican-tells-native-candidate-to-go-back-to-where-she-came-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Capital Sun: Republican tells Native candidate to go back to where she came from"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/09\/idaho-capital-sun-republican-tells-native-candidate-to-go-back-to-where-she-came-from\/danforeman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"41737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/09\/idaho-capital-sun-republican-tells-native-candidate-to-go-back-to-where-she-came-from\/danforeman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09\/danforeman.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Dan Foreman\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dan Foreman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Idaho Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, listens to proceedings on the Senate floor at the State Capitol building on Jan. 9, 2023. Photo by Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09\/danforeman.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/09\/danforeman.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Foreman\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-41737\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Idaho Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, listens to proceedings on the Senate floor at the State Capitol building on January 9, 2023. Photo by Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Idaho senator tells Native American candidate to go back to where she came from at forum<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Sen. Dan Foreman, a Republican from Moscow, stormed out of the \u2018meet your candidates\u2019 event in Latah County after a question about discrimination<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, October 9, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Julie Luchetta, <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\">Idaho Capital Sun<\/a> <\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <p><em>This story was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/politics-government\/2024-10-03\/dan-foreman-racism-idaho-nez-perce-candidate-kendrick\">first published by Boise State Public Radio<\/a> on October 3, 2024.<\/em><\/p><p>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.<\/p><p>On Tuesday last week, local Democrat and Republican representatives organized a \u201cMeet your candidates\u201d forum in the northern Idaho town of Kendrick. Three contenders from each party vying for Legislative District 6 seats \u2014 one senate and two house representatives positions \u2014 answered questions submitted by audience members.<\/p> <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201c2024 legislative races to watch: North Idaho\u2019s Legislative District 6\u201d \u2014 Idaho Capital Sun\" src=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2024\/10\/03\/2024-legislative-races-to-watch-north-idahos-legislative-district-6\/embed\/#?secret=UAnK2ZQu8u#?secret=OYlwmPpQg3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>When asked if discrimination existed in Idaho, conservative Sen. Dan Foreman said no.<\/p><p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02wcJwu1bJEwH5w2jes4ij8pkuzGjhJwnL9VkJB6dryBGJTRHtjMaoZEB2pEJ4NRjpl&#038;id=61565365741589\">statement released last Wednesday<\/a>, 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2024\/mar\/27\/north-idaho-and-spokane-have-been-a-historical-hot\/\">history of white supremacy groups in North Idaho<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u201c[J]ust because someone hasn\u2019t personally experienced discrimination, doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not happening. Racism and discrimination are real issues here in Idaho, as anyone familiar with our state\u2019s history knows,\u201d Carter-Goodheart\u2019s statement read. \u201cI highlighted our weak hate crime laws and mentioned the presence of the Aryan Nations in northern Idaho as undeniable evidence of this reality.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/trish-carter-goodheart-statement-on-hateful-racist-remarks-from-republican-politician\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19\/trishcartergoodheart.jpg\" alt=\"Trish Carter-Goodheart statement on \u2018hateful, racist remarks\u2019 from Republican politician\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/trish-carter-goodheart-statement-on-hateful-racist-remarks-from-republican-politician\/\">\n\t\t\tTrish Carter-Goodheart statement on \u2018hateful, racist remarks\u2019 from Republican politician\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/trish-carter-goodheart-statement-on-hateful-racist-remarks-from-republican-politician\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;People like Dan Foreman do not represent our diverse community, and I will continue to stand against the hatred and racism they spread,&#8221; said Trish Carter-Goodheart, a candidate for the Idaho Legislature.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Native Vote\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tNative Vote\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>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.<\/p><p>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\u2019s account, adding Foreman appeared very agitated.<\/p><p>Carter-Goodheart is campaigning to be a House representative and is not running against the senator. Her opponent, Republican Rep. Lori McCann, was also present at the forum. In an email, she said she read Carter-Goodheart\u2019s statement \u201cand found it to be an accurate account of what transpired in Kendrick.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/nez-perce-tribe-we-are-all-from-here\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19\/nezpercetribe.jpg\" alt=\"Nez Perce Tribe: \u2018We are all from here\u2019\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/nez-perce-tribe-we-are-all-from-here\/\">\n\t\t\tNez Perce Tribe: \u2018We are all from here\u2019\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/09\/nez-perce-tribe-we-are-all-from-here\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Nez Perce Tribe is condemning remarks from a Republican politician who told a Native candidate to &#8220;go back to where you came from.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Native Vote\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tNative Vote\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Foreman has a history of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/politics-government\/2018-02-19\/idaho-senator-yells-at-students-lobbying-for-birth-control\">angrily confronting people in public<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/politics-government\/2017-10-03\/gop-idaho-lawmaker-wants-apology-after-confrontation-at-fair\">shouting profanities<\/a>.<\/p><p>He did not respond to requests for comment by the time of publication.<\/p><p>Indigenous people, including the Nez Perce tribe, have lived in the Columbia River Basin for thousands of years. Foreman was born in Lake Forest, Illinois.<\/p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/subscribe\">        <div class=\"subscribeShortcodeContainer\">            <div class=\"subscribeTextContainer\">                <i><\/i>                <p>GET THE MORNING HEADLINES.<\/p>            <\/div>            <div class=\"subscribeButtonContainer\">                SUBSCRIBE            <\/div>        <\/div>        <\/a>        <style> figure, .tipContainer, .socContainer, .subscribeShortcodeContainer, .donateContainer {display:none !important;} .youtubeContainer { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom:12px; } .youtubeContainer iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100% !important; height: 100%; margin: 12px 0px !important; } .newsroomSidebar {width:35%;max-width:35%;padding:10px;border-top:solid 2px black;background-color:#d3d3d3;float:right;margin-left:50px;} .snrsInfoboxSubContainer {padding:10px;border-top:solid 2px black;background-color:#d3d3d3;} .halfwidth {float:right;width:50%;max-width:50%;} .indent2Container {margin-left: 1em;margin-bottom:1em; border-left: solid 1px black;padding-left: 2em;} @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.newsroomSidebar {max-width:95%;width:95%;margin-left:4%} .halfwidth {float:none;width:100%;max-width:100%;} }<\/style><HR> \r\n<p>\r\nThis story <a href=https:\/\/idahocapitalsun.com\/2024\/10\/03\/idaho-senator-tells-native-american-candidate-to-go-back-to-where-she-came-from-at-forum\/>appeared on Idaho Capital Sun<\/a> on October 3, 2024. 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