Sisseton-Wahpeton leader denounces lawmaker’s deleted post as racially charged

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Chairman J. Garret Renville criticized a now-deleted social media post by South Dakota state Rep. Logan Manhart as “inflammatory” and “racially charged” during a State-Tribal Relations Committee meeting on July 31 in Agency Village, according to South Dakota Searchlight. The Instagram post, made on July 4, read, “it’s white boy summer and the boys are back in charge #MAGA.” Manhart represents District 1, which includes parts of the Lake Traverse Reservation.

Renville was quoted as saying at the meeting that such remarks “do not reflect the diversity or the values of District 1.” Committee Chair and Fort Pierre Rep. Will Mortenson told Renville that the committee “shares your sentiments to a large extent.”