I would like to graciously point out a hard fact when referring to this recent news, and how our newly appointed Governor Josh Green pretends to be a spokesman for Hawaiians issues…

A comment by Lt. Gov. Josh Green made at a Native Hawaiian gathering in 2019 is making the rounds on social media and angering some in the Hawaiian community.

Green told the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations that his mother-in-law died while on the Hawaiian homelands waitlist. But that wasn’t true.

He made a similar characterization during an interview at the state Democratic Party convention in May.

Still, Green, who is white, has made an obvious effort to appeal to Hawaiian voters during this year’s campaign, including telling audiences that if he is elected governor his wife Jaime would become the first Hawaiian first lady in state history.

Green declined to be interviewed for this story but his campaign staff points out that he most often describes his mother-in-law as being entitled to or eligible for benefits. They say he simply misspoke at the Democratic convention.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/08/hawaii-governor-candidates-hawaiian-homelands-remark-touches-a-nerve-with-some/

So when he says things such as this ~

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green said in a statement: “I appreciate the Attorney General’s decision to dismiss the charges against our kūpuna who peacefully protested at Mauna Kea three years ago.”

I think it’s best to be mindful.

Aloha.