GOP lawmaker yells “Go back to where you came from!” at Native American Democrat

A small-town candidate forum in Idaho this week went off the rails when a sitting state senator screamed at a Native American participant, “Why don’t you go back to where you came from?!”

The outburst, following an earlier threat against his Democratic opponent, came from the current state Sen. Dan Foreman (R), a retired cop well known for his rabid Christian nationalist ideology and simmering anger issues. And about an hour into the forum, both were on display when the candidates were asked whether or not they thought there was discrimination in the state.

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Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic House candidate who’s a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, responded by saying racism and discrimination are real problems in Idaho, referring to the presence of white supremacist enclaves in the north of the state, which Foreman represents, according to a statement she released after the forum.

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After Carter-Goodheart spoke, Foreman stood up and began to yell, saying: “I’m so sick and tired of this liberal bullshit! Why don’t you go back to where you came from?!”

The meltdown was shared by Carter-Goodheart in her statement and corroborated by Julia Parker, Foreman’s Democratic opponent, and Mayor Rose Norris of Kendrick, where the event was held.

“Racist comments like this one that were directed at me have no place in our community,” Carter-Goodheart told the Idaho Statesman. “Intolerance is unacceptable.”

“This is our land,” she added. “We’re never planning on leaving; this is where our ancestors are buried.”

Earlier in the evening, Foreman directed his ire at Parker after she criticized his record as senator. She “better not” do it again, Foreman said, glaring. Asked by Parker if he meant the comment as a threat, he replied, “You heard me.”

The former cop abruptly left the forum after lashing out at tribe member Carter-Goodheart.

But Foreman’s blowup didn’t end there.

In a Facebook post following the event, he claimed he had been “race-baited” into his outburst, goaded by Carter-Goodheart.

The online tirade continued with Foreman labeling abortion “murder,” gender-affirming care for transgender people as “sick and demonically influenced,” and homosexuality as an “abomination.”

“Does the democrat party challenge the Word of God?” Foreman hissed in the post. “Yes, every person in our state and nation has equal rights under the constitution. That is a good thing. But there are no designer or special rights associated with one’s sexual behavior — sorry democrats and other lefties.”

In 2018, Foreman screamed at a group of students from the University of Idaho when they tried to talk to him about sex education and birth control.

A few months earlier, the North Idaho Republican was caught on tape yelling at a man at the Latah County Fair. He told him to “go straight to hell.”

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