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Lunabell

(7,309 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:58 PM Jan 2019

Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge [View all]

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 [View all] Lunabell Jan 2019 OP

The DeSantis administration is off to a glowing start. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #1

Fourteen years ago he would have been around age 35. lpbk2713 Jan 2019 #2

Will this nightmare never end? Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #3

The nightmare is just beginning. hay rick Jan 2019 #4