Steve (left) and Kathy Sisolak.Photo: Denise Truscello/Getty
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife Kathy were involved in a harrowing encounter this week, when two men screamed racist and violent threats at the couple — and filmed it — as they attempted to dine at a restaurant.
In a statement shared to Twitter this week, Sisolak’s communications director explained that the incident happened Sunday, while the governor was walking through a restaurant to have dinner with his wife and one of his daughters.
In the video, a man poses for a selfie with Sisolak, then begins berating him, launching into a number of conspiracy theories and calling him a “New World Order traitor piece of s—.”
“Sorry to hear that,” Sisolak says to the man, after posing for what he had thought was a photo.
“You’re in here without security?” the man then asked, as Sisolak turned to walk away.
When Sisolak and his wife attempt to leave, a second man began following them out of the restaurant, shouting that the official deserved to be hanged and making racist remarks.
“China piece-of-s—-,” they yell at Sisolak and his wife, who is of Chinese descent, as the couple walked in to the parking lot.
“You’re running into a patriot now,” the other man continued screaming. “Where’s your security at?”
The governor’s office said it would have no further comment on the incident, citing an ongoing investigation.
Lawmakers and election officials from around the country have said they’ve been on the receiving end of often graphic death threats in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, which former President Donald Trump has continued to falsely claim was stolen from him. Arise in racist, violent, anti-Asian attackshave also been on the rise in recent months and years.
source: people.com
