Posted on 06/10/2021 6:36:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Congressional Black Caucus has denied entry to a black congressman because he’s a Republican, according to a BuzzFeed News report.
New members who were sworn into office at the start of the year were inducted into the group of black lawmakers months ago, but Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was not invited.
The Florida representative’s office said Donalds has talked to at least three members of the CBC about joining the group, whose members are now at the forefront of police reform talks and responsible for highlighting the racial inequities around COVID-19. He’s not received an answer and the likelihood of that happening a quarter way into the 117th Congress looks bleak.
“Congressman Donalds has expressed interest in joining the CBC, but has yet to receive an official invitation,” said a Donalds aide. “If given, he’d gladly accept.” The CBC did not respond to questions about the status of Donalds’ membership, or why he was not being let in. (BuzzFeed News)
“While the CBC has predominately been made up of members of the Democratic Party, the founding members of the caucus envisioned a non-partisan organization,” the CBC’s website states. “Consequently, the CBC has a long history of bipartisan collaboration and members who are both Democrat and Republican.”
There are no Republicans currently in the group, but the CBC extended an invitation to Sen. Tim Scott in 2010 when he was elected as a U.S. representative. He declined to join, but former Rep. Mia Love, despite initial objections to the group, did become a member in 2015.
RACIST!
Hey guys, I’ve got a grate idea! Lets separate ourselves by race and then complain about racism!
Why do blacks need their own Caucus anyway ? Is there money and perks in it ?
Start a new group, and call it: “Congressional Black Caucus NOT of Party of Slavery “.
‘CBCnotPOS’ for short.
Joe Biden has ruled. Byron Donalds isn’t black.
Nothing new here. Happens every year.
Rush Limbaugh used to call the NAACP, the NAALCP ( L for Leftist ).
We should similarly call the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Leftist Black Caucus, because that’s what they are.
Sorry Representative Donalds - it’s not about being Black,
it’s about being a Marxist.
Count on it!
Once he expressed Conservative or American centered views, he lost all claims to being Black. At the same time all the white members of BLM can now call themselves Black.
It's Newspeak.
It's 1984.
It's the Masks of Communism.
Up is down.
Black is White.
Good is evil.
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