‘He Ain’ t No Prop’: Dan Bishop Torches Cori Bush For ‘Grotesquely Racist’ Attack On Byron Donalds

Virginia KrutaJanuary 5, 2023

Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) required to your house flooring on Thursday to call out coworker Cori Bush (D-MO) for a “grotesquely racist” remark she made about Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL).

The dust-up comes amidst a controversial fight mainly amongst Republicans over who will end up being the next Speaker of your house, and Donalds was among the recommended options to Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)– who presently holds a bulk amongst Republicans, however not in the chamber as a whole.

After Donalds got an election on Wednesday, he made 20 votes– while the staying Republicans enacted McCarthy’s favor. However a brief time later on, Bush required to Twitter to reveal her viewpoint about Donalds’ election.

“FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop. Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy. His name being in the mix is not progress—it’s pathetic,” she tweeted.

FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historical prospect for Speaker. He is a prop. In spite of being Black, he supports a policy program intent on supporting and perpetuating white supremacy.

His name remaining in the mix is not advance– it’s useless.

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) January 4, 2023

Bush later on doubled down on her evaluation, arguing that due to the fact that Republican politician Celebration management had actually not invested the last 2 years promoting Donalds, the truth that he was chosen might just imply that the celebration meant to utilize him.

Cori Bush broadens on her Byron Donalds “prop” remark to @ArthurDelaneyHP:

“My issue is because he was not someone they have been promoting for the last 2 years.”

“I want him to understand: They’re only using you.”

” I’m thankful [Republicans] took offense.”https://t.co/nIyii9ViMs

— Akbar Shahid Ahmed (@AkbarSAhmed) January 4, 2023

Donalds responded during an appearance on “Varney & Co,” saying, “If you see a Black man rise, let the man rise even if you disagree with them. I’d be happy to sit down and debate our policies one on one whenever you’d like. As a Black man to a Black woman, I’d never do that to you. It’s a shame you did it to me.”

.@CoriBush, if you see a Black man rise, let the man rise even if you disagree with them.

I’d be happy to sit down and debate our policies one on one whenever you’d like.

As a Black man to a Black woman, I’d never do that to you. It’s a shame you did it to me. pic.twitter.com/ojpEHLhSI4

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) January 5, 2023

But Bush pushed back again, insisting that Donalds was being used and again accusing him of promoting “white supremacist chaos.”

“Working to overturn the 2020 election & embracing Trump MAGA fascism is not you rising, Byron. You’re being used. It helps you politically at the expense of our community. THAT’S what’s shameful. It’s clear which party promotes white supremacist chaos and which works against it,” she claimed.

By the time Bishop took the House floor on Thursday, he had seen enough — and he laid into Bush over her tweet.

WATCH:

.@RepDanBishop calls out @CoriBush‘s racist tweet versus @ByronDonalds:

” He ain’t no prop … This is the exhausted, old, grotesquely racist rhetoric that we have actually seen far too long!” pic.twitter.com/T2CF3Q1vsI

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 5, 2023

“Last night, I sat within feet of Mr. Donalds as the tweet of another member-elect appeared on the screen. That member-elect wrote, and sent out to America, that Byron Donalds is ‘a prop,’” Bishop started. “I’ve spent a good bit of time with Mr. Donalds, especially lately. He ain’t no prop.”

Home Republicans stood to praise, and Bishop continued after a quick time out– as Congressman Citizen Owens (R-UT) nodded in contract behind him. “And if he were a prop, he wouldn’t be sitting where he’s sitting. This is the tired, old, grotesquely racist rhetoric that we’ve seen far too long!”