Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) held nothing back when accused Republicans of using another Black lawmaker, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as a “prop.” Conservatives who failed to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) clamored around Donalds on Wednesday. He received 20 votes for the speakership in the fourth and fifth rounds of voting.
In an attempt to justify this decision, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) quoted Martin Luther King Jr. and insisted that Republicans “do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin but rather the content of their character.” Donalds’ nomination means that for the first time in the history of Congress, both parties nominated a Black candidate to run the House. Read more.
