Hawaii Republican resigns from party after criticizing Trump (racism, Obama, independent)

[i_love_autumn]

Associated Press
HONOLULU — A Hawaii lawmaker who says she was pressured to give up her leadership post at the statehouse after criticizing President Donald Trump resigned Wednesday from the Republican Party.


Rep. Beth Fukumoto said members of the GOP refused to oppose racism and sexism including a suggestion by Trump to create a Muslim registry during his campaign.


"As a Japanese-American whose grandparents had to destroy all of their Japanese artifacts and items and bury them in the backyard to avoid getting taken and interned, how could I not have said anything?" Fukumoto asked. "And how could my party have not said anything?"


Fukumoto was voted out of her post as House Minority Leader in February after calling Trump a bully in a speech at the Women's March in Honolulu, saying many of his remarks were racist and sexist and had no place in the Republican Party.


Since then, she sought feedback from her constituents about leaving the GOP and said three-quarters of the more than 470 letters she received supported the move.
Hawaii Republican resigns from party after criticizing Trump


Great to hear of another with the moral decency to refuse to accept the vileness of Trump!

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by HeebieJeebie

She is quite the looker! Sad to see her go. Has she noticed what the Democrats have becoem. Everything she claims DJT is the modern Ds actually are.

Thats not even close to true.


Anyways, she became an independent, not a Democrat.

[North Beach Person]

I wonder if, as a Republican, she spoke out against the actual Muslim registry implemented by the previous Administration?


Obama administration ending program once used to track mostly Arab and Muslim men - CNNPolitics.com

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

I wonder if, as a Republican, she spoke out against the actual Muslim registry implemented by the previous Administration?


Obama administration ending program once used to track mostly Arab and Muslim men - CNNPolitics.com

Thank God President Obama stopped that Bush era program back in 2011

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by dsjj251

Thank God President Obama stopped that Bush era program back in 2011

Why can you never answer a question?


Ok. Did she ever speak out against it before now?

[dsjj251]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Why can you never answer a question?


Ok. Did she ever speak out against it before now?

You and i doent associate all that much, if you are going to make a claim that I dont answer questions, you are going to have to provide proof.

Beth Fukumoto took office in 2014, 3 years after the Bush program was shut down by President Obama. Whether or not she was agaisnt it is likely something we will never know as she was a private citizen when it was shut down , and a senior in college when it was enacted by President Bush.