MAGA Fascists cannot upset their White Christian Nationalist crazy base.
Newsweek reports, Full List of 26 Republicans Who Refused To Denounce White Supremacy:
In a letter to chairman Kentucky Rep. James Comer, ranking Democrat Jamie Raskin urged all Republicans to join committee Democrats in signing a draft pledge denouncing “white nationalism and white supremacy,” as well the use of related conspiracy theories, including the “Great Replacement” theory during committee hearings. A spokesperson for the committee Republicans said the letter was an attempt to “distract” from the Biden administration’s record on border crossings.
This is not the first time that Republicans have been urged to denounce white supremacy. In 2022, when Democrats were in control of the House, a resolution was brought forward in the wake of a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, to condemn “in strongest terms” the great replacement theory, a far-right claim that white Americans are purposely being replaced as the dominant race in the country by minorities and immigrants for political gain.
Raskin said that during previous meetings discussing immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, Republican lawmakers expressed “dangerous and conspiratorial” rhetoric which echoed the “racist and nativist tropes” peddled by white supremacists and far-right extremists.
In his letter, Raskin said the GOP now has another opportunity to “take a public stand against the deliberate amplification of dangerous racist rhetoric that has had deadly consequences in this country” and arrives as the GOP-led House looks to further scrutinize the Biden administration’s handling of illegal immigration.
While not mentioning them by name, Raskin gave examples of how Republican committee members Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen, have previously described the illegal immigration at the southern border as an “invasion.”
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar also asked whether Democrats were “changing our culture” with their border policies, which Raskin said is akin to the far-right claim that white Americans are purposely being replaced as the dominant race in the country by minorities and immigrants for political gain.
This douchebag thinks he is representative of “white supremacy”? Failing badly to make your case.
Newsweek has contacted several Republicans on the House Oversight Committee for comment, via email.
The letter was signed by Raskin and the other 20 Democrat members of the House Oversight committee. All 26 Republicans refused to sign the letter.
Full List of 26 Republicans Who Refused To Denounce White Supremacy
James Comer KY-01
Jim Jordan OH-04 [Coup Plotter co-conspirator]
Mike Turner OH-10
Paul Gosar AZ-09 [Coup Plotter co-conspirator]
Virginia Foxx NC-05 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Glenn Grothman WI-06
Gary Palmer AL-06 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Clay Higgins LA-03 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Pete Sessions TX-17 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Andy Biggs AZ-05 [Coup Plotter co-conspirator]
Nancy Mace SC-01
Jake LaTurner KS-02 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Pat Fallon TX-04 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Byron Donalds FL-19 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Kelly Armstrong ND
Scott Perry PA-10 [Coup Plotter co-conspirator]
William Timmons SC-04 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Tim Burchett TN-02 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Marjorie Taylor Greene GA-14 [Coup Plotter co-conspirator]
Lisa McClain MI-09 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Lauren Boebert CO-03 [voted not to certify 2020 election]
Russell Fry SC-7
Anna Paulina Luna FL-13
Chuck Edwards NC-11
Nick Langworthy NY-23
Eric Burlison MO-07
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