Heather Keeler, a Democratic state representative from Minnesota, came under fire after posting a comment against white Christians who choose to adopt Native American children.
As Breitbart reported, the state lawmaker, a member of the Yankton Sioux tribe, shared on her private Facebook account a message noting how annoying she finds "white saviors" who rejoice in adopting Indian babies.
"I’m sick of white Christians adopting our babies and rejoicing. It’s a really sad day when that happens. It means the genocide continues," she said.
Keeler said that if a "white Christian" is concerned about Native American babies, what they should really be doing is helping with "the actual issues impacting indigenous parents."
"Stop stealing our babies and changing their names under the impression you are helping. White saviors are the worst!" she added.
Keeler later shared a similar post via her professional Facebook page, which said that stripping Native American children of their "identity" is a "form of genocide."
Republicans respond
In response to the lawmaker's comments, the Minnesota Republican Party released a message highlighting how "racist" Heather Keeler's posts were.
"There is no place in our political discourse for attacks on Minnesotans’ race or religions," read the statement.
The Republicans also noted that they condemn "this hateful and extremist rhetoric in the strongest possible terms" and called on all Democrats to do the same.
Attacks on Minnesotans' race or religion have no place in our discourse. We condemn @RepKeeler's hateful and extremist rhetoric. Dems @GovTimWalz @peggyflanagan @melissahortman @kenmartin73 need to denounce this hateful speech immediately. Here's Chairman Hann's full statement: pic.twitter.com/SH2iKBggZR
— Republican Party of Minnesota (@mngop) March 1, 2023
The statement also labeled prominent Democrats in the state who should "denounce this hateful speech immediately."
Several social network users took advantage of the red party's statement to give their opinion on Keeler's comments and some even considered that the legislator should be stripped of her position for "the hatred" she reflects towards a sector of the population.
