Governor condemns racist tirade toward Pennsylvania’s Second Lady
HARRISBURG – Governor Tom Wolf is strongly condemning an in-person, racist tirade toward Pennsylvania’s Second Lady. Governor Wolf say the ethnic intimidation and racist speech leveled at Gisele Fetterman is ‘shameful and unacceptable.’
According to media reports and Fetterman’s Twitter remarks, the incident occurred Sunday when Fetterman was in line at a grocery store in Braddock, Allegheny County. While Fetterman was in line, a woman recognized her and began yelling insults, including racist slurs and saying she didn’t belong here. The woman then accosted Fetterman again outside her car and Fetterman posted a video of the abuse on Twitter. She says state troopers are investigating.
Normally, Fetterman is accompanied by officers, but decided to go on a quick run to the grocery store without protection. See the governor’s full statement below.
Governor Tom Wolf condemned the racism and hate speech displayed toward Gisele Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s Second Lady. The governor released the following statement:
“The ethnic intimidation and racist speech spewed at the Second Lady of Pennsylvania is shameful and unacceptable. Racism and hate speech are always unacceptable, and unworthy of Pennsylvanians. No Pennsylvanian should ever be made to feel unwelcome in our commonwealth because of their race or ethnicity. Gisele Fetterman spends much of her time devoted to making our state and world a better place and she — and every Pennsylvanian — deserves our respect, not the hatred too often displayed by people who seek only to further divide this country at a time when unity is so desperately needed.
“The Second Lady has my and Frances’s full support and gratitude for her tireless work to make Pennsylvania the diverse, inclusive place it is today, even in the face of such ignorance and adversity.”
