Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge

[Lunabell]

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/

[bearsfootball516]

1. The DeSantis administration is off to a glowing start.

Oh Florida.

[lpbk2713]

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]

3. Will this nightmare never end?

[hay rick]

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.