Another day, another congressional Republican proves that the GOP is willing to do anything to get away from its reputation for being racist — except stop being racist.
Earlier this month, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) made an appearance on One America News, where he remarked that Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio), a Black woman, was only in office for the sole purpose of getting more welfare “for her people.”
Comer, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was discussing his Party’s allegations of Medicaid fraud in Ohio and other states, and the reluctance of Democrats to investigate said fraud allegations, which, of course, are just as much wanting for tangible evidence as everything else MAGA Republicans allege, basically ever.
“You have Representative Shontel Brown, you know, her sole purpose in life is more welfare, more welfare for her people, you know, and my people are sick and tired of paying for welfare for able-bodied people,” Comer said.
Now, we’ve been here before. Despite the fact that, in absolute numbers, white people make up the largest share of welfare recipients, white conservatives have, for decades, tried to make Black people, especially Black women, the face of government assistance. They also have a tendency to make welfare about Black people without mentioning Black people explicitly. Just last year, GOP Sen. Ron Johnson sat down with Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt, where the two discussed their nonsensical and thoroughly debunked claims that SNAP recipients are using their benefits to “get their weaves” and nails done, which we all know was an attack against Black women.
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