North Idaho legislator defends white nationalists in Facebook post [View all]

North Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott, in a Facebook post on Sunday {August 13}, defended white nationalists in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Va., a day earlier, posting a quote by a conservative writer that a white nationalist is “no more than a Caucasian who (sic) for the Constitution and making America great again.”

Scott posted this excerpt to her personal Facebook page at 11:19 a.m. Sunday, along with a link to the original post by Dave Hodges on thecommonsenseshow.com: “The way the media has set this up, the mention of white nationalist, which is no more than a Caucasian who for the Constitution and making America great again, and confusing it with term, ‘white supremacist’ which is extreme racism. Therefore, if one is ‘guilty’ of being white, one is clearly racist. And if one is white AND loves America, they are a white supremacist capable of carrying out violent acts against nonwhites.”

University of Idaho sociology professor Kristin Haltinner, whose research focuses on conservative social movements including militias and the tea party, said, “Unfortunately Representative Scott is incorrect in her definition of white nationalism. A white nationalist is a person who believes in a falsely claimed superiority of white people over people of other races and supports the creation of a white homeland, or nation; hence the term nationalism.”

“White nationalism is an umbrella term that has historically included a number of white supremacist organizations including the Aryan Nations, the KKK, neo-Nazis and other groups,” Haltinner said.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article167473397.html



This is the same legislator that made the claim that women only received chairmanships of committees if they performed sexual favors.