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By Guy Page
The state senator who in April advocated strongly for the release of detainee Mohsen Mahdawi in April was heard chanting “F— Ice” at a Labor Day rally September 1 in Chester.
According to several witnesses watching from a nearby hotel porch, including Chester GOP Chair Roy Spaulding, Sen. Becca White (D-Windsor) repeatedly spoke the phrase into a microphone during the rally, encouraging others to join in – which many did.
At the same event, promoted by the Chester Democratic Committee, White (and Sen. Joe Major and local Rep. Heather Chase) posed for a selfie with an unidentified man wearing an “Is He Dead Yet?” t-shirt. The shirt is identified with the sentiment of wishing the death of President Donald Trump. Major has since said he was unaware of the message on the shirt.
After VDC published the t-shirt photo and news story on September 18, several rally watchers, including Spaulding informed VDC of White’s profane statement.
White herself noted the observers in a Labor Day rally selfie: “the Trump dudes back there stalking the protest listened to my entire speech.” VDC today emailed White to confirm or deny whether she made the statement, and offered to publish any of her comments on the subject.
The F-bomb has been the source of some discussion on Facebook and in the comments section of the Chester Telegraph, the online news publication covering Chester and surrounding towns.
“Not sure why Senator Becka had to use the F-bomb which could be heard by the kids and people who live near the green,” Randy Miles said in a Chester Telegraph comment. Several supporters of White noted the same word has been used in public statements about former Pres. Joe Biden, and that Trump also uses profane language.
In April, White accompanied pro-Palestinian protester and immigrant Mohsen Mahdawi to a meeting with immigration authorities in Colchester, where he was detained. White argued vociferously with the officers who detained him and then helped facilitate a Vermont State House press conference where Mahdawi, after his release, spoke about being “kidnapped.”
Mahdawi has since returned to Columbia University in New York City to pursue graduate studies.
Other Windsor County legislators present with White (at left) at the press conference in support of Hartford resident Mahdawi were Sen. Major (second from right) and Rep. John Bartholomew (at right).
Mahdawi’s court case fighting deportation is before the Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
In May, Vermont was designated as a sanctuary jurisdiction by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Governor Scott has insisted Vermont is in compliance with federal immigration law regarding sanctuary cities and states.
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Words promote actions, constantly calling your political opponent a fascist or Nazi allows the mentally ill the go ahead to use deadly force to silence them. Blood is on their hands most recently evidenced the random shooting of the ICE facility and deaths of the innocent detainee.
She’s trash, vote her out. She’s part of the VPIRG climate hoax pushers, and her mouth shouldn’t be allowed to get people killed by her conduct. “F” ICE, she should be ashamed, she’s not a State Senator, she’s a child, grow up. I’ll bet if an illegal was harming her in anyway, she’d be right on the phone looking for help, right? And the idiot she got released, why can’t people see, this is not Palestine! This is America, support this country you live in, or go home, I’m done with it.
Who is he? He’s not afraid of publicity.
And now, the rest of the story.
In case anyone wants to know… she is what you call a “deplorable”.
She’s a flake !
Yes, indeed she is a deplorable. And like a majority of the legislators under the Golden Dome, she’s not worth an F-bomb…
In the last photo I’d bet 100 bucks that soon those 4 smirks will be wiped off their collective faces.
We’re up to our arm pits in wieners ! And I don’t mean hot dogs ! What a buch of flakes !
i got the reference /lol. bet half them don’t.
But yet they aren’t part of the division in politics, They are the solution, GOD HELP US!!!
And to think of all the hypocritical hullaballoo from people still clutching their pearls about “Let’s Go, Brandon.”
Ask her the difference between a republic and
Democracy, then give her a sign.
And really what did you expect when you keep electing COMMUNISTS int government.
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then yoy are doomed to live under the rule of fools”. Plato
Vermont Digger September 22, 2025: “Three Democratic and two Republican members of the Vermont House were among hundreds of state legislators from the U.S. who visited Israel last week on a trip sponsored by the Israeli government.” “Four of the five legislators were initially invited on the trip by Israel’s foreign ministry, while one, Gregoire, was invited to join later on. In all, 250 legislators from all 50 states attended the event, which Israeli leaders described as the largest-ever gathering of U.S. lawmakers in their country.”
Do tell which side of the “conflict” has anything to do with States – other than palms greased, egos stroked, for how much, and what legislation needed to promote and support foreign interests? Anyone see the hypocricy, the performance art, the syndicate, the strings holding up the puppets yet?
Couldn’t agree more Ms.Casey…
Where are the Vermont state republicans? Why are they not responding to these treasonous remarks that only incite violence? Why are they not trying to get these political hacks kicked out of office?
We the Chester Republican committee did respond that is how this got so much traction. We posted it on local Facebook pages within our county The Chester GOP questioned our local paper the Chester Telegraph that covered the Protest the response was (we did not hear it .) No one denied her starting this f bomb chant and her people joining in . Thats the really sad part that they have so little respect for the town of Chester to be doing this in public and in front of young children