Michael Harriot
Imagine if someone was so mad at you that they pulled out a gun, aimed it at your face and pulled the trigger. And after the sound of gunfire startled them back to reality, they said: “But I wasn’t shooting at you in a murderous way!” The only time someone says “I don’t mean it in a racist way” is after they did something in a racist way.
Rep. Pete Aguilar
Calling Leader Jeffries a “monkey” and an “errand boy” is blatantly racist and dangerous. Full stop. There is no place for racism anywhere in our political discourse, and it should be condemned in the strongest possible terms.