Dem leader Jeffries condemns 'ignorant' Byron Donalds for Jim Crow comments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "We were not better off when a young boy named Emmett Till could be murdered without consequence because of Jim Crow," the Democratic leader said.
60% : "During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative -- Black people have always been conservative-minded -- but more Black people voted conservatively.
58% : "The New York representative continued by noting the racist crimes committed against Black Americans under the era of segregation, which persisted in the American South for years with the legal protection of the Supreme Court until the "separate but equal" doctrine was overturned by the Court in 1954.
57% : Like, I know my position.
55% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}The leader of the House Democrats blasted his Republican colleague and vice presidental candidate possibility Bryon Donalds after the Florida represenative argued that Black families were closer under segregation.
52% : Donalds, considered to be on the list of possible running mates for Donald Trump in the upcoming election, made the comments in an interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday.
52% : "It has come to my attention that a so-called leader has made the factually inaccurate statement that Black folks were better off during Jim Crow," Jeffries said.
50% : "You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together," Donalds told the Post.
26% : The congressman has long been considered an ally of Trump's in the House and briefly flirted himself with the idea of running for speaker last fall after Kevin McCarthy was ousted.

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