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WASHINGTON — When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., stood on the House floor this month to announce her proposal to censure the only Somali-born member of Congress, she said she was seeking punishment for “Rep. Ilhan Omar of Somalia — I mean Minnesota.” Earlier that same week, Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, called the Black husband of another Democratic woman of color, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, a “thug.” He then said Bush, who is also Black, had received ...

The prejudiced discourse by Republican members of Congress, both in casual comments and in official statements, has become so commonplace that it now often slips by without any real condemnation from the GOP.

WASHINGTON — When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., stood on the House floor this month to announce her proposal to censure the only Somali-born member of Congress, she said she was seeking punishment for “Rep. Ilhan Omar of Somalia — I mean Minnesota.” Earlier that same week, Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, called the Black husband of another Democratic woman of color, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, a “thug.” He then said Bush, who is also Black, had received ...