Rep. Bush Declares Byron Donalds Unauthentically Black

Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), tweeted Wednesday that Byron Donalds, the nominee for Speaker of House (R-FL), is a “prop” Republicans using this information to push a bill “policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy.”

“[For what it’s worth,] @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. 

Her tweet continued: “His name being in the mix is not progress—it’s pathetic.”

The comments from Bush come as, for the first time, 2 black people were nominated for Speaker of the House, with House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries being the other. Republicans who oppose nominee Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) nominated Donalds (R-Fla) as their candidate.

The controversial comments from Rep. Bush are not her first. Bush has been known to praise extremist activists, such as a BLM extremist who “Prayed” for the deaths of police officers and compared black Americans to Palestinians. 

Bush also previously referred to pregnant women as “Birthing people” during a hearing titled “Birthing while Black: An Examination of America’s Black Maternal Health”

“I will do my best to make sure that black mothers are protected, black babies are protected, and black birthing people are protected.” Bush said.

It was also discovered that, despite her position that police services should be defunded, that she spent $70,000 on private security during a three-month span in 2021. “”I will make sure that I have security because there have been attempts on my life, I know too much work to do, and I am aware of the threats.” Bush to CBS News at the time.

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