This is not uncommon among people in positions of power in our government, so this is no surprise. Louisiana State House candidate Robbie Gatti, dressed up as black face Tiger Woods at a church festival, and the photo was leaked during his campaign. Here are more details from The Advocate.
Robbie Gatti, a Louisiana House of Representatives candidate in the northern part of the state, said Monday a photo that has surfaced of him in blackface was from “a good night at church” now turned into “negative political mud.”
The photo appeared on The Hayride, a political blog. Gatti, a Republican and ordained minister, said he was dressed as Tiger Woods, and the photo was taken at a fall festival 15 years ago.
“15 years ago, my church held a fall festival, where all the volunteers were told to dress as a famous person. Tiger Woods was at the height of his popularity, as a world champion, and that was who I was dressed as. Shortly after this event, I was ordained into the church. As a medical professional, ordained minister and military officer, I live my life seeing only character and I stand by that. I’m sad that my opponents have taken a good night at church and turned it into negative, political mud, but I’m confident the voters of Bossier will not fall for their desperate attacks,” Gatti said in his statement.
Gatti is a candidate in the race to replace Mike Johnson, R-Bossier City, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in December.
The special election is March 25.
Based on what I’ve seen during the last election cycle, Robbie Gatti will probably still win this race, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a landslide.