#House & #Senate Republicans have denigrated fellow lawmakers, #Biden admin officials & witnesses in #racist ways, both in casual comments & in official settings.
When Rep #MarjorieTaylorGreene (R-GA) stood on the #House floor this month to announce her proposal to censure the only #Somali-born member of #Congress, she said she was seeking punishment for “Representative #IlhanOmar of Somalia — I mean Minnesota.”
Earlier that same wk, Rep #TroyNehls (R-TX) called the #Black husband of another woman of color, Rep #CoriBush (D-MO) a “thug.” He then said Ms. Bush, who is also Black, had received so many death threats because she was “so loud all the time.”
At a hearing across the Capitol, Sen #TomCotton (R-AR) grilled the chief executive of #TikTok, #ShouChew, about his nation of origin. Cotton repeatedly demanded to know whether Mr. Chew, who is from #Singapore & of Chinese descent, was Chinese, held a Chinese passport or was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
“No, senator — again, I’m Singaporean,” Mr. Chew responded w/agitation after saying several times that he was not Chinese.
Around the same time, #HouseRepublicans released their report on #impeachment charges against #AlejandroMayorkas, the #Cuban-born #DHS secy who is the first #Latino to lead his dept. Using unusually loaded language for a cmte report, the panel described its action as “deporting Secretary Mayorkas from his position.”
In private, the language was uglier. During a closed-door meeting of House #Republicans, Rep #MarkGreen (R-TN) & the panel’s chair, referred to #Mayorkas as a “reptile w/no balls” because of his refusal to resign from his post, according to Politico. A WH ofcl condemned the statement, noting that Mayorkas is #Jewish and that the comment echoed an #antisemitic trope.
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