Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took to the House floor to condemn comments made by Rep. Byron Donalds suggesting black people were better off during Jim Crow.
“That’s an outlandish, outrageous, and out-of-pocket observation,” Jeffries said. “We were not better off when people could be systematically lynched without consequence because of Jim Crow. We were not better off when children could be denied a high-quality education without consequence because of Jim Crow. We were not better off when people could be denied the right to vote without consequence because of Jim Crow.
. “During Jim Crow, more black people were not just conservative — black people have always been conservative-minded — but more black people voted conservatively.” “Let’s be clear: Jim Crow ripped apart Black families, and it’s absurd to suggest it was anything but a horrific stain on our country’s history,” DNC senior spokesman Marcus W. Robinson said in a statement. “Trump’s MAGA veepstakes gets more extreme by the day — the American people have seen Trump’s blatant racism for years and will never allow him or his out-of-touch MAGA allies to get anywhere near the White House.
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