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Swordsmyth
01-24-2019, 07:25 PM
Michael Ertel, the newly appointed secretary of state of Gov. Ron DeSantis, has resigned after photos emerged of him posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim in blackface at a private Halloween party 14 years ago.The photos obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat were shown to the governor's office on Thursday morning. Hours later it issued a statement.
"The governor accepted Secretary Ertel's resignation," the governor's office said.
The photo was taken in 2005, eight months after Ertel was appointed Seminole County supervisor of elections and two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
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After the Democrat texted the photos to him last week, Ertel, 49, identified himself as the white man in blackface and red lipstick, wearing earrings and a New Orleans Saints bandanna, and falsies under a purple T-shirt that had "Katrina Victim" written on it.
Over the phone and in person, Ertel would not comment on the record about the circumstances surrounding the photo.
"There's nothing I can say," Ertel said.
The Democrat shared the photos Thursday with the governor's office, which had not previously seen them.
DeSantis named Ertel on Dec. 28 to replace Ken Detzner, who served as former Gov. Rick Scott’s secretary of state since 2012.


More at: https://news.yahoo.com/florida-secretary-state-michael-ertel-200323099.html

Stratovarious
01-24-2019, 07:36 PM
He should have said he had a hell of a time doing it, it was funny as hell, and he won
first price.
Is this anywhere near as 'shameful' as the black thugs that hurled constant racial slurs at
the Indian and white kids this last week...

Stratovarious
01-24-2019, 07:39 PM
If I remember right , there were people posing as Katrina victims from all across the nation
converging there to get them' some free stuff.

Matt Collins
01-24-2019, 07:46 PM
I actually know Mike pretty well.

This was obviously a joke, albeit a very insensitive and illconceived one. But it was also almost 15 years ago.

Most people who know Mike know that this is not how he conducts himself now.

Also the timing of this is a purely political hit.

Stratovarious
01-24-2019, 07:52 PM
I actually know Mike pretty well.

This was obviously a joke, albeit a very insensitive and illconceived one. But it was also almost 15 years ago.

Most people who know Mike know that this is not how he conducts himself now.

Also the timing of this is a purely political hit.
'Insensitive and ill-conceived' , but blacks wearing Bush Masks, Coulter and Trump masks is humor?

brushfire
01-24-2019, 08:13 PM
I wore black-face at Halloween. I was 6 or 7 years old too:

https://i2.wp.com/www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Picture17.jpg?resize=674%2C964


Fkem... Wear what you want. If its offensive, too fking bad.