A freshman Republican congressman received an official rebuke on Thursday for the way he referenced Black Americans during a floor debate. The incident happened Thursday as GOP.
A freshman Republican congressman received an official rebuke on Thursday for the way he referenced Black Americans during a floor debate. The incident happened Thursday as GOP Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona tried to promote an amendment he’d proposed to the National Defense Authorization Act, one in which the Pentagon would be barred from mandating diversity and inclusion training, including on topics related to race. Ohio Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, took to the floor to push back on Crane’s proposal.
“I’m old enough to remember when Black officers, when women, were not allowed to serve,” she noted, per the Hill. “You are setting us back.” Beatty then added: “On this floor on both sides of the aisle we have people of color, we have people who have served.
