Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the arrest of Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon (D) on Thursday after she knocked on Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) statehouse office door showed “systemic racism” in policing when compared to the treatment of the Capitol Hill rioters and Michigan protesters. Jeffries said, “This is a great county. We have come a long way. We still have a long way to go. But the reality is systemic racism has been in the soil of this country for 401 years, and it manifests itself in different ways. In terms of differential law enforcement treatment, we see how an African American lawmaker is treated on the Capitol grounds of Georgia. And then you actually have an angry mob of whites show up uninvited to the Capitol of Michigan several months ago, armed to the tee, acting in a hostile fashion, and they were given the red carpet treatment. I don’t believe a single one of them was actually handcuffed and escorted off the Michigan state … [Read more...] about Dem Rep. Jeffries: GA State Rep. Arrest Manifestation of ‘Systemic Racism’ in Law Enforcement Treatment
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Democrats vow to go ‘bold’ — with or without GOP
Democrats are warning they won't tolerate GOP stonewalling as they try to make good on their pledge to enact a “bold” agenda and avoid Obama-era missteps. Fresh off a big win on coronavirus relief, Democrats are facing intense pressure not to water down their legislative priorities after years of a backed-up wish list during the Trump era and a decade since the party has had a unified government it could use to muscle through sweeping reforms considered anathema to the GOP. “We will try to get them to work with us. But if not, we will put our heads together and figure out how to go,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck Schumer Democrats make low-tax states an offer they should refuse Biden must keep his health care promises FEMA pauses flood insurance rate update after Schumer pushback: report MORE (D-N.Y.) told reporters. ADVERTISEMENT House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Sekou Jeffries Democrats vow to go 'bold' … [Read more...] about Democrats vow to go ‘bold’ — with or without GOP
Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan claims governor once joked he would try to ‘mount’ her if he were a dog
close Video GOP lawmakers ask AG to probe Cuomo's group home directive N.Y. GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney discusses the push to investigate if the governor violated the civil rights of group home residents. Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to prominently accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, claimed in a new interview with the New Yorker that Cuomo once told her he would attempt to "mount" her if he were a dog. Boylan was New York's deputy secretary for economic development and an adviser to Cuomo from 2015 to 2018. She is a candidate for Manhattan borough president. Boylan's new allegation made to the New Yorker Thursday comes after her initial December tweet that Cuomo "sexually harassed me for years." Following that accusation, multiple other women have come forward to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment. CUOMO ACCUSER ANA LISS RIPS 'TOXIC, VERBALLY ABUSIVE, RETALIATORY WORKPLACE' Cuomo has apologized for making … [Read more...] about Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan claims governor once joked he would try to ‘mount’ her if he were a dog
