Rep. Jeffries denounces Rep. Donalds' comments on Jim Crow era | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Stinney's case epitomized the racial injustice of Jim Crow.
68% : "Mr. Speaker, 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," he stated.
68% : We would not be better off when people could be systematically lynched without consequence because of Jim Crow.
67% : We were not better off when Black women could be sexually assaulted without consequence because of Jim Crow.
65% : We would not be better off when people could be denied the right to vote without consequence because of Jim Crow.
61% : During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative -- Black people have always been conservative-minded -- but more Black people voted conservatively.
61% : "We were not better off when children could be denied a high-quality education without consequence because of Jim Crow.
54% : Not gone unnoticed, too, is that Donalds is married to a white woman, something that would have led to his lynching during Jim Crow.
52% : "Highlighting the brutal realities of the Jim Crow era, Jeffries continued, "We would not be better off when a young boy named Emmett Till could be brutally murdered without consequence because of Jim Crow.
51% : Donalds, who earlier co-hosted a Donald Trump campaign event for Black voters in Philadelphia, incredulously asserted, "You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together.
41% : When asked about his stance in the upcoming presidential election, the rapper, who supported Trump in 2020, stated he hadn't decided yet but highlighted Trump's appeal among Black male voters.
39% : Many noted that Jim Crow laws, enforced through local and federal legislation, relegated Black Americans to second-class citizenship, enforcing racial segregation and instilling systemic violence and terror.
38% : "I see them identifying with Trump," he explained, "because they got RICO charges.
29% : "Trump has more than 50 felony charges pending in three jurisdictions after a Manhattan jury convicted him of 34 felonies related to hush money payments, he made to an adult film actress to cover up their extramarital affair.
17% : A New York jury also twice found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, while a judge declared the former president committed massive business fraud and ordered Trump to pay nearly $500 million in fines and restitution.

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