Honolulu Civil Beat | A Speech On Leadership Sparks A Social Media Backlash: Hawaii News Now Sunrise @civilbeat | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 minute ago.
You might’ve stumbled upon a very public dust-up on Instagram between two legislators across the aisle from one another.
Republican Rep. Elijah Pierick posted a clip to his Instagram page of Democratic Rep. Jeanne Kapela’s public invocation on the House floor, which began with the following words: “I want a lesbian for president. I want a person with AIDS for president, and I want a gay man for vice president.”
Kapela says her office received violent threats that “were facilitated and endorsed” by Pierick. Pierick denies this, and said he was surprised by her reaction.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/chad-blair-a-speech-on-leadership-sparks-a-social-media-backlash
You might’ve stumbled upon a very public dust-up on Instagram between two legislators across the aisle from one another.
Republican Rep. Elijah Pierick posted a clip to his Instagram page of Democratic Rep. Jeanne Kapela’s public invocation on the House floor, which began with the following words: “I want a lesbian for president. I want a person with AIDS for president, and I want a gay man for vice president.”
Kapela says her office received violent threats that “were facilitated and endorsed” by Pierick. Pierick denies this, and said he was surprised by her reaction.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/chad-blair-a-speech-on-leadership-sparks-a-social-media-backlash
