Chelsea Handler posts pic of wrong Native American candidates in endorsement
Associated Press
Published:
October 24, 2018
Updated:
October 24, 2018 2:04 PM EDT
Comedian, author, activist and host Chelsea Handler walks the red carpet during the 59th Annual Clio Awards at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on October 3, 2018 in New York City.Brian Ach / Getty Images for The Clio Awards
BOISE, Idaho — Comedian Chelsea Handler endorsed Paulette Jordan, a Democrat and Native American woman running for governor of Idaho, in a Twitter post but included a photo of the wrong Native American.
The photo in the tweet Wednesday showed Handler giving a thumbs-up next to Deb Haaland, a Democrat running in New Mexico to become the nation’s first Native American woman in Congress.
http://twitter.com/search?q=Deb Haaland
Within an hour, Handler deleted the tweet to her 8.4 million followers. Her publicist didn’t immediately return a call to The Associated Press.
Jordan is a member of Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe and a former state representative vying to become Idaho’s first female governor and first Native American governor.
Haaland is a member of Laguna Pueblo.
http://torontosun.com/entertainment...ong-native-american-candidates-in-endorsement