Black GOP Rep Reacts to ‘Squad’ Member Calling Him a ‘Prop’ After Speaker Nomination
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said it “sucked” to have one of his Black colleagues dismiss his nomination for House speaker. Donalds, who was nominated as a candidate for House speaker on Wednesday, was labeled a “prop”…
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said it “sucked” to have one of his Black colleagues dismiss his nomination for House speaker.
Donalds, who was nominated as a candidate for House speaker on Wednesday, was labeled a “prop” by one of his colleagues.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the so-called “Squad,” tweeted, “, 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 added.
During an appearance on Fox News Thursday morning, Donalds addressed Bush’s tweet as he said, “First of all, I thought it was just blatantly outrageous. First … man, that sucked, man, to be honest with you.”
“I feel, you know, bad that she really put that out there. Because, you know, if you see a Black man rising, I mean, let the man rise, even if you don’t agree with him,” he continued.
The Florida congressman also argued Bush should debate him over their policy differences.
However, he added, “To throw a statement out there, I thought was just the complete wrong thing to do. You know, as a Black man to a Black woman, I would have never done that to her. It’s a shame that she did it to me.”
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Bush told HuffPo about her comment, saying, “My issue is not with Byron Donalds himself. My issue is not with him being Black. My issue is not with him being Republican.”