Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Black woman, called out GOP Rep. Eli Crane for his use of the term "colored people" while he attempted to defend the amendment during a floor debate over the defense bill in the House this Thursday. These idiots are so used to just tossing around the term "woke" and throwing other red meat to their base, it's obvious they could care less how they sound or who they offend.
Rep. Beatty reminded this idiot he doesn't live in a bubble:
On Thursday evening, a freshman Republican member of Congress used the phrase "colored people" while debating the issue of race in the military with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Black woman.
Rep. Eli Crane, a member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, had offered an amendment to the annual defense spending authorization bill that he said would prevent the consideration of "race, gender, religion, or political affiliations, or any other ideological concepts as the sole basis for recruitment, training education, promotion, or retention decisions."
It was one of a variety of Republican-proposed amendments to the defense bill that dealt with culture war issues. And towards the end of a spirited debate, the Arizona Republican argued that his amendment wasn't about race.
"My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people, or Black people, or anybody can serve, okay?" said Crane. "It has nothing to do with the color of your skin, any of that stuff."
Beatty let her objections be known to being referred to that way:
"I'd like to be recognized to have the words 'colored people' struck from the record," said Beatty. "I find it offensive, and very inappropriate."
"I am asking for unanimous consent to take down the words of referring to me, or any of my colleagues, as 'colored people,'" Beatty added.
Crane knew he'd stepped in it, and asked to have his words amended, pretending he'd just misspoke. Beatty was having none of it.
"I asked unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, to have the words stricken," she said. "I didn't ask to have the words amended."
The blatant racism from the right just gets worse day by day. Thanks Trump. He's the one that legitimized this stuff. Sadly, most of his cohorts passed his amendment Thursday night in a 214-210 vote. They didn't object to the floor vote on having his words stricken, but the racist amendment they're just fine with.
