New Hampshire senator utters open mic slur, no censure
New Hampshire senator utters open mic slur, no censure
February 16, 20219:22 am
I’d overlooked this brief in the Democrat-Gazette, which called for a bit more information given that Arkansas is fresh off the incident in which the Arkansas Senate censured state
Sen. Stephanie Flowers for referring to
Sen. Trent Garner as a
dumbass as she participated remotely in a session of the Senate. She was barred from committee participation for three days as punishment.
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So what happened in Live Free or Die New Hampshire? Here’s an account:
The racist, sexist and anti-Semitic rhetoric and social media postings by a few Republican lawmakers is getting more attention after a male state senator was caught Wednesday on Zoom calling a woman senator a disparaging name during a remote committee meeting.