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Mia Love Joins Congressional Black Caucus, The Group She Wants to Destroy ‘From The Inside Out
Rep. Mia Love (R-UT), the first black female Republican congresswoman, was officially sworn into office today and promptly joined the Congressional Black Caucus, a group she once called a hotspot of “demagoguery” that “ignite emotions and ignite racism when there isn’t.”
The Washington Post reports that Rep. Love became the sole Republican to join this group in this morning’s swearing-in ceremony, which inducted 44 members, three of them new, and one of them Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
Flash back to 2012, however, and Love wasn’t such a fan of the CBC. As she told the Deseret News during her first House race, she wanted to dismantle the historically Democrat caucus:
“Yes, yes. I would join the Congressional Black Caucus and try to take that thing apart from the inside out,” she said.
Though officially nonpartisan, the caucus has been more closely identified with the Democratic Party.
“It’s demagoguery. They sit there and ignite emotions and ignite racism when there isn’t,” Love said. “They use their positions to instill fear. Hope and change is turned into fear and blame. Fear that everybody is going lose everything and blaming Congress for everything instead of taking responsibility.”
http://www.mediaite.com/online/mia-...oup-she-wants-to-destroy-from-the-inside-out/
Rep. Mia Love (R-UT), the first black female Republican congresswoman, was officially sworn into office today and promptly joined the Congressional Black Caucus, a group she once called a hotspot of “demagoguery” that “ignite
The Washington Post reports that Rep. Love became the sole Republican to join this group in this morning’s swearing-in ceremony, which inducted 44 members, three of them new, and one of them Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
Flash back to 2012, however, and Love wasn’t such a fan of the CBC. As she told the Deseret News during her first House race, she wanted to dismantle the historically Democrat caucus:
“Yes, yes. I would join the Congressional Black Caucus and try to take that thing apart from the inside out,” she said.
Though officially nonpartisan, the caucus has been more closely identified with the Democratic Party.
“It’s demagoguery. They sit there and ignite emotions and ignite racism when there isn’t,” Love said. “They use their positions to instill fear. Hope and change is turned into fear and blame. Fear that everybody is going lose everything and blaming Congress for everything instead of taking responsibility.”
http://www.mediaite.com/online/mia-...oup-she-wants-to-destroy-from-the-inside-out/