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The Controversy Over a GOP Rep.’s Racist Post Isn’t Going Away. The CBC Is Making Sure of It.

“I have to share a workplace with someone who has the audacity, the gall and racist tendencies to speak that way about anybody,” Rep. Gabe Amo told NOTUS.

Steven Horsford
Rep. Steven Horsford, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, joins members of the Haitian Caucus as they condemn hate speech and misinformation about Haitian immigrants at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

After Republicans tried to push past Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist comments and send members home to campaign, the Congressional Black Caucus is not dropping the issue.

“Several members have had to increase their security,” CBC Chair Steven Horsford told NOTUS over the weekend. “Staff have had to take additional precautions in their districts and D.C. offices. There are members and staff that represent very diverse backgrounds who have to go to work every day and deal with this crap.”

Rep. Gabe Amo called the current working environment for Black lawmakers “unfortunate.”