House Democrat stands defiant after drawing heat for blasting Tom Cotton's "racist trash" speech

[DonViejo]

Republicans have offered some baseless arguments against representation for 700,000 Americans

By JON SKOLNIK
APRIL 24, 2021 4:30PM (UTC)

The Democratic-led House passed a bill this week that would designate Washington, D.C. as the 51st in the union, but not before Republicans trotted out a litany of less than good faith arguments against the idea. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise argued against it based on D.C.'s crime rate, claiming the district "can't perform basic governmental duties like protecting its residents from criminals," but failing to mention that his home state, Louisana, has had one of the nation's highest rates for over three decades. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said in a presser that D.C. "wouldn't even qualify as a singular Congressional district." Of course, D.C. has a larger population than both Wyoming and Vermont.

Speaking of Wyoming, Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton argued the sparsely populated state has "three times as many workers in mining, logging and construction, and 10 times as many workers in manufacturing. In other words, Wyoming is a well-rounded, working-class state."

But freshman Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., condemned such baseless objections to representation for the residents of Washington, D.C., as "racist trash" during a speech on the House floor this week.

"I had no idea there were so many syllables in the word 'white,'" Jones said of Cotton's argument, accusing Republicans of "racist insinuations that somehow the people of Washington, D.C. are incapable or even unworthy of our democracy."

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Speaking the truth about RACISM take courage.

Kudos to Rep. Mondaire Jones for speaking the truth.

Republicans FEAR of forever being in the Minority. It is all about POWER to them.

[Bettie]

2. What he said was true and needed to be said

Oh, and Tom Cotton is an asshole.

Not the biggest one around, but that's because there's a lot of competition for that title among Republican office holders. It's a huge field, but he's in the top ten, consistently.

DC has been experiencing Taxation without Representation for a long time....you'd think they'd care about that.

Oh, never mind. Of course they wouldn't.

[central scrutinizer]

3. Wow, there's no mining or logging in D.C.?

Who knew?

[WHITT]

4. Damn

I had no idea there were so many syllables in the word 'white'

That was a sparkling brilliant dagger to the heart of Cotton's racism.

[keithbvadu2]

5. TC - Tell us more about your claims of being a Ranger

[Bayard]

6. the people of Washington, D.C. are incapable or even unworthy of our democracy.

That about says it all in the racist mind. All those black Democrats cannot be turned loose.