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Watch: Democrat accuses Republicans of spewing ‘racist trash’ in Washington DC statehood debate

Name: Watch: Democrat accuses Republicans of spewing ‘racist trash’ in Washington DC statehood debate
Uploaded: 2021-04-23T19:30:00.064699+05:30
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Description: ‘The truth is there is no good faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people...Most of whom are people of colour,’ said Representative Mondaire Jones.

‘The truth is there is no good faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people...Most of whom are people of colour,’ said Representative Mondaire Jones.

Scroll Staff

Apr 23, 2021 · 07:30 pm

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Chaos ensues on the House floor after Republicans ask Rep. Mondaire Jones to withdraw his remarks calling GOP arguments on D.C. statehood "racist trash" pic.twitter.com/6PdJkgVRjZ
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) April 22, 2021

Rep. Jones ended up withdrawing his comment, but said Republicans were scared their "white-supremacist politics will no longer play" in DC, or anywhere in America.

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