Republican state legislator Michael Bohacek has publicly criticized Donald Trump for using a slur against people with disabilities. This came after the former president insultingly described Minnesota Governor Tim Walz with the derogatory term \u201cr****ded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump made the remark on Truth Social over Thanksgiving, attacking Walz\u2019s governance and alleging Somali refugees were \u201ctaking over.\u201d The comment sparked widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bohacek, whose daughter has Down syndrome, cited the offensive language as his reason for opposing a Republican redistricting plan. He stated he has long been an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, Bohacek declared he would vote against the redistricting effort. He suggested Trump use the coming months to convince voters his policies and behavior merit a congressional majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legislator emphasized that the president\u2019s choice of words has consequences. He noted this was not the first time Trump had used such insulting references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online backlash was swift, with many criticizing Trump for his holiday weekend post. One user described it as the action of a \u201cmiserable\u201d person lashing out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Governor Tim Walz responded on NBC\u2019s *Meet the Press*, calling the remarks an example of Trump\u2019s \u201ccruelness.\u201d He stressed the term is deeply damaging, both as a former educator and a parent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Republican state legislator Michael Bohacek has publicly criticized Donald Trump for using a slur against people with disabilities. This came after the former president insultingly described Minnesota Governor Tim Walz with the derogatory term \u201cr****ded.\u201d Trump made the remark on Truth Social over Thanksgiving, attacking Walz\u2019s governance and alleging Somali refugees were \u201ctaking over.\u201d The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6158,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions\/6158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}