{"id":582661,"date":"2023-07-14T04:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/arizona-republicans-colored-people-remark-draws-floor-rebuke\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T04:13:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:13:40","slug":"arizona-republicans-colored-people-remark-draws-floor-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arizona-republicans-colored-people-remark-draws-floor-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"#Arizona Republican\u2019s \u2018colored people\u2019 remark draws floor rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/craneeli_010523gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Republican lawmaker on Thursday referred to African Americans as \u201ccolored people\u201d on the House floor, prompting outrage from Democrats and a quick rebuke from the chamber\u2019s presiding officer.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Eli Crane (R), an Arizona freshman, was reprimanded after he took to the floor to promote an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that he says will rein in Defense Department \u201cwokeness\u201d \u2014 a racially charged concept that has divided the parties and the country in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>During debate over the amendment, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) \u2014 the former head of the Congressional Black Caucus \u2014 railed against the measure, arguing that Republicans were \u201csetting us back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m old enough to remember when Black officers, when women, were not allowed to serve,\u201d Beatty said. \u201cYou are setting us back. On this floor on both sides of the aisle we have people of color, we have people who have served.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crane, a former Navy Seal, shot back after Beatty concluded her remarks, arguing that his amendment \u201chas nothing to do with whether or not colored people or Black people or anybody can serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has nothing to do with color of your skin,\u201d he continued, ignoring an interruption from Beatty.<\/p>\n<p>Once Crane wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up his comments, Beatty asked that his words \u201ccolored people\u201d be stricken from the official record, calling it \u201coffensive and very inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking for unanimous consent to take down the words of referring to me or any of my colleagues as colored people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Crane initially responded by asking to amend his comments to say \u201cpeople of color.\u201d But Beatty wasn\u2019t satisfied, asking again that his words be stricken, not altered. The lawmaker presiding over the near-empty chamber consented.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, in a statement, Crane said he \u201cmisspoke\u201d while debating his amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a heated floor debate on my amendment that would prohibit discrimination on the color of one\u2019s skin in the Armed Forces, I misspoke,\u201d he told The Hill. \u201cEvery one of us is made in the image of God and created equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The contentious exchange came during debate over the annual NDAA, which, this year, has been highly controversial for a number of proposed amendments related to culture-war issues like abortion, transgender rights and diversity and inclusion initiatives in government.<\/p>\n<p>Crane\u2019s amendment would bar the Pentagon from requiring participation in trainings that teach what many conservatives would call \u201cwoke\u201d concepts, specifically prohibiting topics related to race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He argued that his amendment was \u201cnot divisive at all,\u201d adding \u201cwhat\u2019s divisive is how the military is becoming a political, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> experiment.\u201d At another point, he said the military was \u201cnever intended to be inclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have a military that continues to be the strongest military in the world because of standards. Because the people that we have there are the best of the best. The military was never intended to be, you know, inclusive. Its strength is not its diversity, its strength is its standards. And diversity can be a great thing, but that should not be our focus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But it was his \u201ccolored people\u201d remark that got most of the attention, drawing sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers, including the Congressional Black Caucus, which called the comment \u201cunconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a shameful moment on the House floor,\u201d the group wrote on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBlackCaucus\/status\/1679641741488472065?s=20\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said it was \u201ctroubling to watch this roll off the tongue of a Congressman so easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of racist language has no place in the U.S. House of Representatives. Or anywhere else,\u201d he added on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdamSchiff\/status\/1679629495274176513?s=20\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), a member of the caucus, was more terse.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cRep. Eli Crane just referred to Black service members as \u2018colored people\u2019. You can\u2019t make this up. This is who these people are, and who they\u2019ve always been,\u201d she said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJasmine\/status\/1679616064668278784?s=20\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crane is not the only Republican to become embroiled in a race-based controversy this week. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) sparked a firestorm earlier in the week when he told CNN that a white nationalists are not inherently racist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The remarks were widely condemned by senators in both parties. Tuberville later reversed course, stipulating that white nationalists are indeed racists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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