(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Future Speaker Jeffries ROASTS Rep. Byron Donalds After His Jim Crow Comments [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-05 It’s a day that ends in the letter y, so of course someone in the GOP said something profoundly stupid. Today’s nominee is Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, who is under consideration for Trump’s lickspittle VP. I literally had to pull over to the side of the road and curse a few times when I heard these comments. Apparently, Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era. “You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together. During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more people voted conservatively,” Donalds said. Where do I even begin… Black family members who broke the Jim Crow codes were lynched frequently, not to mention all of the massacres of Black people across the nation. Every Black person risked their life trying to vote. In the Jim Crow era, most if not all of them couldn’t vote at all thanks to the laws passed by the ancestors of MAGA Republicans. That’s just the tip of the iceberg too. These comments came after Donalds accused the Civil Rights movement and Democrats of “eroding the Black family”, and that only now is the Black middle class reviving under Trump. During the conversation, the first-term lawmaker said he is starting to see the “reinvigoration” of Black families, adding that it is “helping to breathe the revival of a Black middle class in America.” Donalds also claimed that the nuclear family — or one with a mother, father and children living under the same roof — and its values have been eroded by Democrats and lost among Black voters after they supported the party following the Civil Rights Movement, the outlet reported. The condemnation from Democratic circles was swift. Marcus W. Robinson, a senior spokesperson for the Democratic National Convention, slammed Donalds for his statement. “This is Donald Trump’s MAGA Republican Party: VP contender Byron Donalds is praising Jim Crow, suggesting that Black families were better off during segregation,” Robinson said. “Let’s be clear: Jim Crow ripped apart Black families, and it’s absurd to suggest it was anything but a horrific stain on our country’s history.” Future Speaker Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was having none of this alternative history. On the House floor, he roasted Donalds and everything that he said, stating the true consequences of Jim Crow for Black people in this country. x Jeffries: 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. How dare you make such an an ignorant observation. You better check yourself before you wreck yourself pic.twitter.com/TfxOwHGCl8 — Acyn (@Acyn) June 5, 2024 We really have to work to get this man into the Speaker’s chair to save ourselves of the ignorance of people like Rep. Byron Donalds. Luckily, a quick way to help out is to donate to the 16 challengers most likely to flip districts held by MAGA Republicans. I call them the #Beatable16. . Let's take back the House by targeting the 16 districts that Biden won in 2020 that have R reps! That brings us to the Beatable16 Fund! Please donate and then share a link to this site on your social media! #Beatable16 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/5/2244959/-Future-Speaker-Jeffries-ROASTS-Rep-Byron-Donalds-After-His-Jim-Crow-Comments?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/