[2] On December 14, 2020, on Twitter, Western replied to an article about the appointment of the first African-American sheriff in Wyoming, Aaron Appelhans, with a GIF from the film Blazing Saddles of Cleavon Little's character saying "Where the white women at?
"[4] Four months later, in May 2021, the Pikes Peak Southern Christian Leadership Conference called for the resignation of Representative Western over the insensitive tweet, taking into account the apology.
[6] Western sponsors House Bill 84, also known as the Naomi Hunting Age Exemption Act.
Western's bill seeks to waive Wyoming Game and Fish Commission age requirements for children with terminal illness.
The bill has been introduced to the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee.