Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as 'colored people' in House floor debate

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Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans 'colored people' on House floor
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Rep. Eli Crane used the derogatory phrase in describing his proposed amendment to a military bill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty asked that his words be stricken from the record.

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It's been leaning right a bit too heavily lately which is really bumming me out tbh

It's aggressively libbed out, what are you talking about? I've seen literally nothing right wing.

This is going to be natural with the federated nature of Lemmy, some instances are going to enable far right rhetoric. Block instances, communities and users you dislike. You have more power here to adjust your feed than Reddit.