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Related: About this forumFlorida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge
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.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/01/24/new-secretary-state-ertel-dressed-blackface-halloween-2005/2649161002/
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Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge (Original Post)
Lunabell
Jan 2019
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bearsfootball516
(6,373 posts)1. The DeSantis administration is off to a glowing start.
Oh Florida.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)2. Fourteen years ago he would have been around age 35.
Why the F would an adult think there is any humor in doing something like this?
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)3. Will this nightmare never end?
hay rick
(7,587 posts)4. The nightmare is just beginning.
Ertel stuck around long enough to replace Susan Bucher. New forms of voter suppression in the pipeline to Broward and Palm Beach Counties.