Commissioner defends use of slur, links critics to LGBTQ movement

Official defends ‘Jew them down’ remark: 'I've said it all my life.'

A public official in eastern South Dakota is defending his use of the word "Jew" as a verb during official government proceedings.

Lincoln County Commissioner Doug Putnam refused to apologize this week after being publicly confronted for making a remark widely considered antisemitic during a recent commission meeting.

Lincoln County’s coroner budget hit by soaring transport costs as population grows