Rep. Byron Donalds slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries again Friday for claiming the Florida Republican made remarks that Blacks in the U.S. were better off during the days of Jim Crow.
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.
“That’s one of the reasons why Black people during that time period were voting much more conservatively and have always been conservative-minded,” he added. “That’s the overall point — if we’re going to be technical about the history.” Mr. Donalds and Mr. Jeffries began sparring after the Floridian made comments at a Black GOP outreach event in Philadelphia recently about how the Black family during the 1950s and ’60s was held together with fathers, then became more dependent on government because of President Lyndon Johnson’s big-spending programs.
“How dare you make such an ignorant observation? You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.”
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