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Via Rep. Don Beyer:
This just happened on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. A House Republican just referred to Black Americans serving in our military as "colored people." In 2023.
Acyn:
Crane: My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people or black people or anybody can serve.
Beatty: I would like those words stricken from the record #racism. 1/...
āThere have been 227 family annihilations across the U.S. since 2020, according to an Indianapolis Star analysis of media reports and data from Gun Violence Archive. That's an average of 1 family annihilation every 5 days. The death toll: 754. Incredible reporting by @mcmolloy7ā
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