Leadership Test for Speaker Todd Huston: Hold Jim Lucas, INGOP Accountable for 1960s-Style Racism against Black Hoosiers
The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today has called on Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston to hold State Representative Jim Lucas and other Members of the Indiana Republican Party accountable for invoking racism against Indiana’s Black Legislative Caucus last Thursday. The Indiana Democratic Party views this as a leadership test for Speaker Huston, because right after he called for respect during session last week, Jim Lucas mocked him on social media by posting another racist meme online.
It’s worth noting that Governor Eric Holcomb has yet to issue a statement from Thursday’s incident. Holcomb proved once again how irrelevant of a leader he’s become.
“What Hoosiers saw last Thursday was a flashpoint of racism that we only once read about in the classroom. Voters’ trust in the state’s elected leadership will be demolished if Speaker Todd Huston fails to hold these bad actors accountable,” said John Zody, Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party. “The Republicans’ rhetoric is not only rooted in racism, but it’s the same dangerous slippery slope that led us to the horrors of the insurrection in January. That is how serious this situation is, and it’s why Todd Huston must show some leadership.”
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Lane A. Ralph February 23rd, 2021 at 2:38 pm
This disredpect to Black Legislators is also a statement of disrespect to all Hoosiers who value respect and justice for all. The legacy of the Ku Klux Klan lives on in Indiana! Indiana had the largest membership in the Ku Klux Klan of ANY STATE in the United States inthe 1920’s. James Madison, historian at Indiana University documents this well from across Indiana in his new book, “The Ku Klux Klan in the Healthland”. 1/4 of All white male Christians were members of the Klan in Indiana, Nothing has been addressed by the Indiana General Assembly in 90 plus years to address this branding of Indiana. Our children we educate yearn to leave Indiana for places where tolerance and integrity flourish. The Republican Party has become a clear danger to Hoosiers, Americans and particularly people of color. The bigoted , reprehesible actions of the Republican legislators will not be resolved by any action of Todd Huston. Voters must if this scourge from the map of Indiana and the U United States!
Lane A. Ralph February 23rd, 2021 at 2:40 pm
This disrespect to Black Legislators is also a statement of disrespect to all Hoosiers who value respect and justice for all. The legacy of the Ku Klux Klan lives on in Indiana! Indiana had the largest membership in the Ku Klux Klan of ANY STATE in the United States in the 1920s. James Madison, a historian at Indiana University documents this well from across Indiana in his new book, “The Ku Klux Klan in the Healthland”. 1/4 of All white male Christians were members of the Klan in Indiana, Nothing has been addressed by the Indiana General Assembly in 90 plus years to address this branding of Indiana. Our children we educate yearn to leave Indiana for places where tolerance and integrity flourish. The Republican Party has become a clear danger to Hoosiers, Americans, and particularly people of color. The bigoted, reprehensible actions of the Republican legislators will not be resolved by any action of Todd Huston. Voters must if this scourge from the map of Indiana and the United States