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Stephen A. Smith is called out for remarks about Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett

Radio personality Stephen A. Smith is being ridiculed for remarks he made about U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett during a recent episode of his Sirius XM show “Straight Shooter.” Calling out the Texas Democratic congresswoman for how she “expresses herself” in opposition to President Donald Trump and his policies, Smith suggested that Crockett’s criticisms of the president do not help the constituents who elected her to office. “Is that gonna help your district in Texas? Aren’t you there to find a […]

October 13, 2025 3

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Trump insults Congresswomen Jasmine Crockett and Ilhan Omar during Oval Office remarks

President Donald Trump hurled personal insults at U.S. Congresswomen Jasmine Crockett and Ilhan Omar on Thursday while delivering remarks inside the Oval Office. When asked by a reporter about Crockett’s remarks comparing ICE to slave patrols during an interview on MSNBC, Trump turned to his usual hits regarding Crockett and the Democratic Party. Before the question could even be asked, Trump immediately jumped at the chance to insult Crockett when he heard her name. “Jasmine Crockett?” asked the president as […]

September 25, 2025

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Cincinnati councilwoman stands by her remarks that white couple ‘begged’ for ‘beat down’ in viral brawl amid backlash

A Cincinnati City Council member is standing by her remarks about a viral brawl involving a white couple, despite outrage and calls for her to resign from community leadership. “They begged for that beat down! I am grateful for the whole story,” Councilwoman Victoria Parks commented on a video of the violent incident posted on Facebook. The brawl, captured by a camera phone, occurred on July 26 and involved a group of Black people, including men and women, having a […]

July 31, 2025 1

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Chicago mayor investigated by Trump’s DOJ for remarks about hiring Black officials

Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights after he made remarks boasting about the hiring of Black people in his administration. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump, announced the probe in a letter. In it, she revealed that her office is investigating whether Mayor Johnson’s employment practices are discriminatory based on race in violation of Title VII of the […]

May 20, 2025

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Kamala Harris will deliver ‘pointed critique’ of Trump in first extensive remarks since leaving office

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will take aim at President Donald Trump in an upcoming speech that will mark her first extensive public remarks since leaving office and losing the 2024 election. Harris will deliver the keynote address at Emerge America’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the former vice president confirmed to theGrio. Emerge, founded in 2002 in California, trains Democratic women candidates to run for public office, particularly women historically marginalized, including Black, […]

April 28, 2025 1

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Black leaders condemn Trump’s ‘racist’ remarks which blamed DEI for D.C. plane-helicopter crash

Black elected officials are condemning President Donald Trump‘s remarks on Thursday in which he blamed DEI hiring for the deadly Washington, D.C., airport collision of an American Airlines plane and Army helicopter. The Democratic leaders say that rather than bringing the country together and focusing the attention on the 67 victims and their families, Trump decided to traffic in “racist” attacks on communities of color and women. “This is a tragedy that occurred above DCA airport. Lives have been lost. […]

January 30, 2025 1

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Kamala Harris applauded for remarks on race and reparations during NABJ-WHYY interview

During a wide-ranging interview with the National Association of Black Journalists and WHYY public radio, Vice President Kamala Harris talked about race more extensively than she had since emerging as a presidential candidate and, subsequently, the Democratic Party’s nominee. The historic presidential figure (Harris is the first Black woman and Indian American to be a major party nominee) discussed reparations for the first time as vice president and outlined the systemic harms to Black communities caused by the United States […]

September 18, 2024 1

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Trump slammed for remarks on Black voters

Former President Donald Trump has again sparked outrage with remarks he made last week about Black voters at an event in South Carolina. The Republican presidential hopeful on Friday suggested that he could relate to the generations of racism that Black people have experienced in the U.S. legal system given the four criminal indictments brought against him. The cases have attracted more interest in his campaign among Black Americans, he argued at the Black Conservative Federation’s gala in Columbia, South […]

February 28, 2024

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Congresswoman Nancy Mace slammed for ‘white privilege’ remarks

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is being called out for her comments on race regarding President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing. Michael B. Moore, the Democratic candidate aiming to unseat Mace from her seat in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in the 2024 election, said the Republican’s comments were “inappropriate, profane and beneath a sitting representative in the United States.” Left to right: Democratic candidate for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, Michael […]

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