Pressley Says POC Congress Members Should Represent Those Who Look Like Them
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley was furious at the tweets from President Donald Trump that told progressive congresswomen to go back to where they came from.
She and her squad of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have called the president racist for it.
They have been joined by their friends on CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times and others who have also accused the president of being a racist.
Rep Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) “We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice. We don’t need black faces that don’t want to be a black voice. We don’t need Muslims that don’t want to be a Muslim voice. We don’t need queers that don’t want to be a queer voice”
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But it does not take much research to see the racism of these congresswomen. And Rep. Pressley is at the top of the list.
She was at the Netroots Nation convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this weekend when she made what could be her most racist statement.
And the most surprising part of her racist comments was that they seemed to be directed at the Congressional Black Caucus and its members.
“We don’t need black faces that don’t want to be a black voice,” the congresswoman said. “We don’t need Muslims that don’t want to be a Muslim voice. “
We don’t need queers that don’t want to be a queer voice. If you’re worried about being marginalized and stereotyped, please don’t even show up because we need you to represent that voice,” she said.
In other words what she said was represent the people that look like you or who share things in common with you and forget everyone else.
Many thought that comments were directed at the CBC as the CBC has criticized the Justice Democrats, the group that backs the squad.
They believe that the Justice Democrats are attempting to primary too many Democrats, including many who are minorities.
But Rep. Pressley has said that she was not talking about them, no matter how much it appeared that is what she was doing.
“This is completely false. I was speaking to the collective impact of lifting up one’s lived experience, *whatever* that is, whatever your life walk. I was encouraging *everyone* to lean-in on & not run away fr lifting their unique lived experiences when in the corridors of power,” she said.
“I respect, govern, fellowship & lead with @TheBlackCaucus colleagues daily & @RepBarbaraLee was in the audience!” she said.
“In my riff, I cited #women #queer #disabled #black #brown et al I was empowering those in attendance that their voices matter & belong everywhere,” she said.
This is completely false. I was speaking to the collective impact of lifting up one's lived experience, *whatever* that is, whatever your life walk. I was encouraging *everyone* to lean-in on & not run away fr lifting their unique lived experiences when in the corridors of power twitter.com/daveweigel/sta…
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This is completely false. I was speaking to the collective impact of lifting up one's lived experience, *whatever* that is, whatever your life walk. I was encouraging *everyone* to lean-in on & not run away fr lifting their unique lived experiences when in the corridors of power twitter.com/daveweigel/sta…
I respect, govern, fellowship & lead with @TheBlackCaucus colleagues daily & @RepBarbaraLee was in the audience! In my riff, I cited #women #queer #disabled #black #brown et al I was empowering those in attendance that their voices matter & belong everywhere.
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