(Courtesy of Kiah Morris)First came the racist tweets and the online threats. The two-term representative from Bennington had spent the past two years enduring racial harassment and online threats that prompted an investigation by the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. Morris’s resignation leaves Rep. Kevin Christie (D) the single black representative in the Vermont House, one of just four people of color in the overwhelmingly white Vermont Legislature in a 94 percent white state. The racial harassment Morris said she experienced began during her 2016 reelection campaign, coinciding with what Morris described as a visible rise of white supremacy in her area during the presidential campaign. On Aug. 27, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office announced in a brief statement that it had taken up her case, saying it was investigating online threats.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2018 11:33 UTC