‘The hood is off’: Virginia Republican steps onto America’s most obvious rhetorical landmine
Some dog whistles are subtle frequencies only specialists can hear, while others are more like an airhorn.
American politics continues its long-running experiment in seeing whether public figures can pretend not to understand obvious racial subtext, with Rep. Jen Kiggans now facing backlash after nodding along to a phrase that arrived trailing several centuries of historical freight.
Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA), already one of the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbents even after state courts struck down efforts to redraw her district to favor Democrats, landed in hot water on Monday after a clip went viral of her agreeing with a right-wing talk radio host telling Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to “get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia” — a common colloquial phrase, but one with a deeply charged double meaning given that Jeffries is Black.
The moment immediately brought her under fire on social media, including from some fellow members of Congress.
“The hood is off,” wrote Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY). “Apologize and get out or you will be shown the door in November.”
Some dog whistles are subtle frequencies only specialists can hear, while others are more like an airhorn.
Looks like certain members of the SCOTUS have removed their hoods as well.
The Civil War in this country *never ended*.
The shooting merely stopped.
The Slavers are doing their *damnedest* to win, once and for all, and they are going *all in*.
Those 'data centers' and concentration camps anren't being built for show.....